Bodhisattva targets Ohio Derby

Trainer Jose Corrales said Bodhisattva, whom he owns and trains, came out of his last-place finish in the Preakness Stakes none the worse for wear and is being pointed to the $500,000 Ohio Derby, a 1 1/16-mile race at ThistleDown on June 20.

Corrales, a 55-year-old native of Panama, was based at Beulah Park in Ohio in 2010-11 before owner Frank Stronach sent him to Maryland with a string of horses to train.

Bodhisattva, who was bred and formerly owned by Frank Stronach’s son Andy, won the Federico Tesio Stakes, a 1 1/8-mile race at Pimlico, in his start preceding the Preakness.

Corrales said he is also considering Bodhisattva for the $75,000 Manitoba Derby at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg. The 1 1/8-mile Manitoba Derby will be run Aug. 3.

“I was in Manitoba last year and had a really good experience,” Corrales said. “A lot of people don’t want to take a chance to go to a small place like that.”