Santa Anita
Gormley almost ready to get serious again
Barbara D. Livingston Santa Anita Derby winner Gormley could give jockey Victor Espinoza his fourth Kentucky Derby win.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Gormley is nearing a return to full training after being given three weeks of light exercise following a fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on June 10.
Trainer John Shirreffs said on Friday that Gormley could have a workout in early July.
“I gave him a break,” Shirreffs said. “He’s starting to rebound. It looks like he’s put on a little weight.”
Shirreffs said he has not planned a comeback race for Gormley, a colt by Malibu Moon.
Owned by Jerry and Ann Moss, Gormley has won 4 of 8 starts and $1,020,000. Gormley won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 8 and was ninth in the Kentucky Derby on May 6.