Trainer John Servis reported all was well with his Eclipse Award winner Jaywalk the morning after her disappointing fourth place finish as the 1-5 favorite in Saturday's Grade 2 Davona Dale.
"All's good. She ate good, she's acting good, her legs look good," Servis said after training hours on Sunday morning.
Jaywalk rated just off the early pace of Cookie Dough but came up empty when called upon by jockey Joel Rosario on the final time. She was ultimately beaten just under six lengths by upset winner Jeltrin while making her first start since her easy victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies three months earlier.
"Hindsight being 20-20, maybe we should have put her on the lead and see how she handled it from there," said Servis. "I sure thought she was a whole lot fitter than the way she ran."
Servis said if all goes well, he'll stick to his original plan of running Jaywalk next in either the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks here on March 30 or a week later in the Ashland at Keeneland as a prep for his first major goal of the season, the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.
"We'll just see how she is as we go along," said Servis. "I don't think the racetrack was any issue for her. Joel didn't say anything about that and she's never had any problem with the racetrack anywhere she's been. Where she runs next will come down to the time frame and whether I'm happy with where she is at the end of March and whether I think she needs another week or not at that point."