LEXINGTON, Ky. - A handful of Kentucky Derby candidates breezed Friday morning in the Bluegrass State as plans and the field for the May 2 classic continue to come into focus. Two of trainer Brad Cox’s three major prep winners breezed separately on Friday morning at Churchill Downs. Under the lights shortly after the track opened, Florida Derby winner Commandment worked a half-mile in company in 48.80 seconds, according to Churchill clockers. Commandment worked outside He’s Late Again, a Louisiana-bred restricted stakes winner. On video, the two did not appear hard-urged while coming to the wire on fairly even terms. Later in the morning, Jeff Ruby Steaks winner Fulleffort turned in a solo half-mile work as he prepares to move to dirt in the Kentucky Derby. The colt appeared to be in maintenance mode as he worked a half-mile in 48.40 , with the second quarter faster than the first. Cox also trains Further Ado, who won the Blue Grass Stakes six days ago. Down the highway at Keeneland, Golden Tempo breezed five furlongs in 1:00.80, according to track clockers, outside maiden stablemate Double Entendre :: DRF Kentucky Derby Package: Save on Past Performances, Clocker Reports, Betting Strategies, and more. “Very pleased with his work,” trainer Cherie DeVaux said. “It was a nice five-eighths, nice and relaxed with plenty left.” DeVaux said Golden Tempo – the Lecomte winner who was third in both the Risen Star and Louisiana Derby – would do all his serious training at Keeneland before vanning to Churchill Downs. The deadline for Derby horses to be on the grounds is 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, the same day entries are taken and posts drawn for the race on opening day of Churchill’s spring meet. One name that will not be in the entry box that day is Class President. The Rebel winner was scratched from last week’s Blue Grass after trainer Todd Pletcher said he did not like the way the colt was moving. Elliott Walden of co-owner WinStar Farm said Saturday morning that Class President has been diagnosed with bone bruising and will get 60 days off. With Class President officially ruled out, Stark Contrast and Iron Honor, neither of whom was certain to run in the Derby as of Friday morning, rank 16th and 17th, respectively, on the points leaderboard of North American-based horses under consideration for the Derby. Three slots in the starting gate will be taken by horses who qualified via international routes – Danon Bourbon, Six Speed, and Wonder Dean, the latter of whom went to the track for the first time at Churchill Downs on Friday morning. Iron Honor may await the Preakness Stakes, trainer Chad Brown indicated last weekend, while Stark Contrast is more likely for the American Turf on the Kentucky Derby undercard, trainer Michael McCarthy reiterated this week. The next two on the points leaderboard are Chief Wallabee, who will run if he gets in, and Chip Honcho, who is undecided.  :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.