Unless the field drastically changes in the coming days, trainer Chad Brown plans to run just one horse – Emerging Market – in Kentucky Derby 152 on May 2 at Churchill Downs. Brown had as many as three potential Derby horses but has decided to point Blue Grass runner-up Ottinho and Gotham Stakes winner Iron Honor to other races. Ottinho, who worked Saturday at Keene-land and has moved to over to Churchill Downs to continue his training, will run in either the Preakness at Laurel on May 16 or the Peter Pan at Aqueduct on May 9, the latter a potential stepping-stone to the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on June 6. Iron Honor, who worked at Belmont Park on Saturday, did not ship to Louisville on Sunday. Brown said his plan is to point Iron Honor, who finished seventh in the Wood Memorial with a troubled trip, to the Preakness. :: DRF Kentucky Derby Package: Save on Past Performances, Clocker Reports, Betting Strategies, and more. “The only way he enters the Derby is if the complexion of the race drastically changed after the last round of works,” Brown said Monday. “If the field looks a lot different, I may change my mind but if everything stays the way it is right now, I’d rather give him more time off that taxing effort, making a few changes [removing blinkers], and give him six weeks to his next start.” All horses who enter the Derby must be on the grounds by 11 a.m. Saturday morning, so Iron Honor would have to leave New York by Friday to be eligible to run in the race. Brown was at Payson Park Saturday to watch Emerging Market work a half-mile in 48.40 seconds in company with Favorable Scenario, a 6-year-old gelding who is 1 for 5 in his career. “He broke off at the half-mile marker, went out from there a good three-quarters in 1:15.60,” Brown said. “I was very pleased, he was moving well within himself, galloped out beautifully. He came back bouncing around. I couldn’t be more pleased with the work.”  Emerging Market, 2 for 2 including a narrow victory in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 21, was expected to leave Florida on Sunday and arrive at Churchill Downs on Monday morning with several horses Brown has targeted for Derby week stakes. That group includes Gezora, winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, who is expected to make her seasonal debut in the Grade 3, $500,000 Modesty Stake on May 1. With Iron Honor now out, Chip Honcho would draw into the field if his connections want to run. On Saturday, Chip Honcho was one of four Churchill Downs-based horses to put in workouts over the main track. Chip Honcho worked five furlongs in 59.75 seconds outside of Corporate Power, and galloped out seven furlongs in 1:25.73, according to Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch. “He’s solid,” Asmussen said. “I am still freakishly disappointed in the Louisiana Derby. I went over thinking he would win it.” Asmussen said it is likely he would watch the horse work next Saturday morning before making a final decision regarding the Derby in concert with owners Lee Ackerley, James Sherwood, Jode Shupe, and John Cilia.  “I’ll bet I work him before I decide,” Asmsusen said. The connections of the maiden Ocelli will be anxious for all pending decisions as they would like to run in the Derby if possible. Ocelli, third in the Wood Memorial, worked a half-mile in 47.88 seconds Saturday at Churchill, per Welsch. Trainer Whit Beckman said he is pointing to a race on May 2 at Churchill Downs he just doesn’t know if it’s the Kentucky Derby or potentially a maiden race. Trainer Riley Mott worked both of his Kentucky Derby contenders on Saturday in two places. At Churchill, Wood Memorial winer Albus went a half-mile in 49.10 seconds, per Welsch, going in company with the maiden Theoretical. Meanwhile, at Palm Meadows, a training center in South Florida, Virgina Derby winner Incredibolt worked a half-mile in 49.95 seconds by himself.  For Albus, that was his first work since the Wood on April 4. :: Get DRF Kentucky Oaks & Derby Clocker Reports by Mike Welsch and the DRF Clocker Team “His condition looks great, his weight looks good, his attitude is good, he’s very sound, he’s responded in the right way,” Mott said from Kentucky. Incredibolt had his fourth half-mile breeze – all at Palm Meadows – since his victory in the March 7 Virgina Derby at Colonial Downs. Mott decided to ship Incredibolt back to Palm Meadows because he flourished there late last fall and through the winter and early spring. “I think it’s such a good climate to train in, particularly the first part of April, when it can be chilly up here,” Mott said from Kentucky. “He’s comfortable there, training well over that track.” Incredibolt arrived at Churchill Downs on Monday morning following a van ride from Florida. At Gulfstream, Tampa Bay Derby winner and Florida Derby runner-up The Puma worked five furlongs, by himself, in 1:00.77. Gulfstream Park clockers caught his last quarter in 23.80 and had him galloping out six furlongs in 1:12.85 and up a mile in 1:37.88. Regular rider Javier Castellano flew down from New York for the workout and then flew back to ride Solitude Dude to victory in Saturday’s Bay Shore Stakes at Aqueduct. According to Gustavo Delgado Jr., assistant to his father, the work was delayed a little when a couple of horses got loose on the track soon after it re-opened following the renovation break. “He did great. Dad and I were very pleased with him this morning, Javier too,” the younger Delgado said. “Everything went very smoothly, exactly the way we planned. . . . He actually went a bit more than a mile. And we felt even better after he came back, how fast he recovered.” Delgado said The Puma would leave Gulfstream Park on Monday and arrive at Churchill Downs on Tuesday. He will be stabled in the same barn and stall as Mage, who won the 2023 Kentucky Derby winner for the Delgados. He will likely have one easy work next weekend. Right to Party, the Wood Memorial runner-up trained by Kenny McPeek, worked five furlongs in 1:00.77 at Churchill, according to Welsch, who had him galloping out six furlongs in 1:13.92 and seven furlongs in 1:26.80. – additional reporting by Mike Welsch and Nicole Russo  :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.