Tagg in wait mode with Florida Derby winner Tiz the Law
Tiz the Law has worked three times since his resounding victory in the Grade 1 Florida Derby while trainer Barclay Tagg awaits the opportunity to run the horse next.
David GreningApr 29, 2020
Tiz the Law has worked three times since his resounding victory in the Grade 1 Florida Derby while trainer Barclay Tagg awaits the opportunity to run the horse next.
Farmington Road, who most recently finished second in the Oaklawn Stakes on April 11 and is in the second division of the Arkansas Derby on Saturday, is the newest member of the Derby Watch top 20.
The migratory patterns are well-known. Every winter the gray whales make their way to Baja California, The swallows return to the mission at San Juan Capistrano every April. And the first weekend in May, trainer Todd Pletcher is in Louisville.
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Both the white-hot young sire Constitution and the stakes-placed young broodmare Addison Run have gotten their respective breeding careers off to strong starts. Together they have produced Grade 1-placed Gouverneur Morris, who is bred on a cross that has proven productive.
Oaklawn Park will put an exclamation point on an unprecedented meet Saturday when it closes its season with two $500,000 divisions of the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby. There were 22 horses entered in the 1 1/8-mile race Sunday.
Irad Ortiz Jr. and Dr Post both made up for lost time Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Ortiz, on his first day riding in five weeks, guided the 3-year-old Dr Post to a 1 1/2-length victory over Attachment Rate in Saturday’s $75,000 Unbridled Stakes for 3-year-olds.
Trainer Steve Asmussen has a pair of graded stakes winners on deck for the Arkansas Derby next Saturday in Basin and Silver Prospector.
Trainer Mark Hennig decided not to rush Americanus into the Grade 1 Florida Derby last month and opted for a different path. Saturday, Americanus takes the path of least resistance on a possible road to the Kentucky Derby when he runs in the $75,000 Unbridled Stakes for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park.
Turns out there will be a Kentucky Derby run this year on the first Saturday of May after all. And it will be star-studded. Churchill Downs announced on Thursday that NBC will broadcast a virtual Kentucky Derby on May 2 featuring all 13 winners of the Triple Crown.