Del Mar
Bayern works, keeps focus on Haskell
Emily Shields Woody Stephens Stakes winner Bayern will be pointed for the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth.
Bayern, who won the Woody Stephens Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard last month, worked five furlongs on Polytrack in 1:02.80 Wednesday at Del Mar in preparation for a scheduled start July 27 in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth.
Bayern worked at 6:30 a.m., before the mid-morning renovation break.
“He went good,” said his trainer, Bob Baffert. “The track was really slow early this morning. He was just cruising around there.”
Mike Smith was up for the work. Either he or Martin Garcia will have the mount in the Haskell, depending on which horses Baffert decides also to run that day at Del Mar. Both Smith and Garcia are represented by agent Brad Pegram.