Nine of the more than 20 horses who remain under consideration to enter the 152nd Kentucky Derby on May 2 – including three whose status is still pending – put in workouts at six different locations Saturday morning, one week from entry day and two weeks before race day.  Perhaps nobody epitomized the hectic nature of Saturday morning better than trainer Chad Brown who had three potential Derby starters put in workouts at three locations.  At Payson Park, in Florida, Emerging Market worked 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 by phone. “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.”  :: DRF Kentucky Derby Package: Save on Past Performances, Clocker Reports, Betting Strategies, and more. 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 Stakes on May 1.  Meanwhile, at Belmont Park, the Brown-trained Iron Honor, winner of the Grade 3 Gotham and seventh-place finisher in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, worked a half-mile in 49.02 seconds. Working without blinkers, equipment he has worn in his first three starts, Iron Honor went his first quarter in 24.69 seconds, his second quarter in 24.33, and he galloped out five furlongs in 1:02.55. He worked outside of Playing Tricks, a 5-year-old gelding who is 2 for 2 this year.  “I want to take the opportunity to have the horse looked over tomorrow, talk to the owners and make sure I’m covering all my bases here before I decide what we’re going to do with that horse,” Brown said.  Brown said if Iron Honor doesn’t go to the Derby, he would most likely be aimed at the Preakness at Laurel on May 16.  At Keeneland, the Brown-trained Ottinho, beaten 11 lengths when second to Further Ado in the Blue Grass Stakes on April 4, worked a half-mile in 49.80 seconds, working outside of the 4-year-old Praetor.  Brown said Ottinho is “unlikely to go on to the Derby” though the horse will move over to Churchill Downs. Brown said he wants to watch the horse train to determine whether to point him to the Preakness or the Peter Pan Stakes.  If, as expected, Ottinho, is declared out from the Derby, that would put Chip Honcho into the top 20. However, his connections have not yet declared him a definite Derby starter. Chip Honcho ran a solid second to Paladin in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes but finished a well-beaten fifth in the Louisiana Derby.  Chip Honcho was one of four Churchill Downs-based horses to put in workouts over the main track on Saturday morning. 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 from Oaklawn Park where he was to run Publisher in Saturday’s Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap.  “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.  :: Get DRF Kentucky Oaks & Derby Clocker Reports by Mike Welsch and the DRF Clocker Team “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.  “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.”  Mott said Incredibolt was to leave Florida on Sunday and arrive at Churchill Downs on Monday.  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, the heavy favorite 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.”  :: Get DRF Kentucky Oaks & Derby Betting Strategies by Marcus Hersh and David Aragona. Full analysis and wager recommendations! 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.  California-based Kentucky Derby hopefuls Pavlovian and Intrepido were expected to have workouts Sunday morning at Santa Anita. Intrepido would get into the Derby field if Iron Honor comes out.  – 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.