HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Swiss Skydiver’s final work prior to her much anticipated 4-year-old debut may not have gone exactly as trainer Ken McPeek planned here last Saturday, but it certainly went well enough for the Eclipse Award winner to get the green light to launch her 2021 campaign this coming Saturday in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile at Santa Anita. Swiss Skydiver began uneventfully when she broke off solo at the five-furlong pole shortly after the renovation break, with regular rider Robby Albarado aboard, having received special permission to work the recently crowned 2020 3-year-old filly champion. But she wound up getting some unexpected company when joining with a worker from the barn of trainer Ralph Nicks at the top of the stretch. The unexpected competition spurred Swiss Skydiver on to a final clocking of 58.02 seconds after which she galloped out full of run, six panels in 1:11.05 before pulling up seven-eighths in 1:26.20. “I wasn’t thrilled somebody else’s work horse hooked in with us,” McPeek said. “She was supposed to go in around a minute, but she got too aggressive with the company and went too fast. It is what it is though, and she came out fine afterwards. It’s hard not to be satisfied with the work. All is good. She’s just ultra-sharp now. She’s ready to run.” :: Enhance your handicapping with DRF’s Gulfstream Park Clocker Report Swiss Skydiver, who upset eventual Horse of the Year Authentic in the 2020 Preakness, was scheduled to depart for California on Tuesday, according to McPeek. Earlier on Saturday, long before dawn, McPeek sent out his Grade 1-winning 3-year-old filly Simply Ravishing to work four furlongs under cover of darkness in a lively 46.40, galloping out five-eighths in 59.60 before pulling up a full three-quarters in 1:12.60. The work was the fourth locally for the Grade 1 Alcibiades winner who finished fourth, beaten just two lengths by Vequist, in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. “She also worked well, faster than I wanted, but she’s a fast horse,” McPeek said. “I think the last time I had one work a half-mile that fast here it was Take Charge Lady. But she’s an extremely talented filly. She’s already ahead of Swiss Skydiver at this point of her career. Swiss hadn’t even won a stakes this time last year, and just like her, Simply Ravishing does things really easily, too. Fingers crossed, she’ll have as good a 3-year-old season as [Swiss Skydiver] did.” Although the Ashland is a possibility, McPeek said his plan at the moment is to kick off Simply Ravishing’s 3-year-old campaign in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks here March 27. Swiss Skydiver won the Gulfstream Park Oaks by 3 1/4 lengths last year. While the stars of his stable will begin heading back to Kentucky over the next several weeks, McPeek said he plans to leave a string of horses down here again this summer. “I like being stabled here year round, I just need to figure out which ones fit here best,” McPeek said. :: Bet horse racing on DRF Bets. Double Your First Deposit Up to $250. Join Now. McPeek also voiced his approval of the recent decision by track management to install a Tapeta surface here later this year. “I’ve probably won as many races on the synthetic track at Keeneland as anybody, except maybe Mike Maker,” McPeek said. “I’ve won a few Alcibiades, the Ashland, Blue Grass, lots of stakes. I really like it, and I’m all in favor of them adding one here at Gulfstream.”