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Anybody looking for one last opportunity to knock the Derby favorite likely came away disappointed after Santa Anita Derby winner Journalism turned in his final major prep shortly after the renovation break Sunday at Churchill Downs.
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It was a whirlwind 36 hours for jockey Umberto Rispoli, who, in his attempted travels between California and Kentucky, wound up experiencing more about the Atlanta airport than he would have liked.
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Things have gone so well all spring for Journalism that the sometimes nerve-wracking event that is the Kentucky Derby post-position draw didn’t weigh heavily on his trainer, Michael McCarthy.
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A drying out surface had several trainers with Kentucky Derby and Oaks contenders handicapping the condition of the racetrack as the morning progressed before deciding if and when to send their respective horses out to work Saturday at Churchill Downs.
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Having worked around Kentucky Derby winners Unbridled and Street Sense as well as race participants Vicar and McCraken, trainer Ian Wilkes knows there’s little margin for error to get to the world’s most famous horse race. With a week to go before Kentucky Derby 151, Wilkes believes the timing is right for Burnham Square to run his best race.
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Owner Mike Repole is fond of saying that pressure is a privilege. For the last two years, Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher have had the privilege of having the favorite for the Kentucky Derby. This year, Repole and Pletcher are back in the Derby with Grande, the Grade 2 Wood Memorial runner-up who will likely be a mid-range price in the 20-horse Derby field on May 3.
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Every year, visitors from all 50 states, as well as internationally, come to visit American Pharoah – and to make their own memories with a horse who gave so much to so many.
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In the late winter of 1993, California trainer Wally Dollase walked to Don Warren’s barn at Santa Anita to inspect a 5-year-old gelding who had amassed six wins. A private deal was reached for $50,000. With that, Journalism wound up with owner Rick Stephen and Dollase. This winter, another horse named Journalism has developed into the nation’s leading 3-year-old, winning three consecutive graded stakes since mid-December at Los Alamitos and Santa Anita in the buildup to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 3.
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Owen Almighty, whose connections originally planned on bypassing the Kentucky Derby and Built, whose status remains up in the air, took center stage during training hours Thursday at Churchill Downs.
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It is expected there will be plenty of pace in this year's Kentucky Derby. Brian Lynch doesn't want his horse, Owen Almighty, to be a part of it.
