Kentucky Derby pedigree analysis: Irish War Cry
Kentucky Derby pedigree analysis: Irish War Cry
Nicole RussoMar 01, 2017
Kentucky Derby pedigree analysis: Irish War Cry
McCraken, the unbeaten colt who ranks as the favorite for the May 6 Kentucky Derby, will miss the March 11 Tampa Bay Derby after sustaining what trainer Ian Wilkes described as a “very minor” injury to his left front ankle.
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Gormley and Mastery, both Grade 1 winners and two of the top 3-year-olds in California, both worked six furlongs on Monday morning at Santa Anita, and they could face one another in the Grade 2, $400,000 San Felipe Stakes on March 11.
Though Action Everyday has won both of his starts, trainer Todd Pletcher believes the horse has more to give. So, when Pletcher runs Action Everyday in Saturday's Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct he plans to equip the son of The Factor with blinkers for the first time.
McCraken had his first workout since his latest victory when breezing a half-mile in company in 48.80 seconds Monday at his winter base at the Palm Meadows training center in Boynton Beach, Fla.
It was anything but a lazy Sunday for No Dozing, who turned in a bullet workout at Tampa Bay Downs to remain under consideration for the Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby here on March 11. No Dozing breezed half a mile in 47.80 seconds, the fastest of 62 works at the distance here that morning, as he tries to bounce back from a disappointing 3-year-old debut.
A field of up to 10 3-year-olds is taking shape for the second of three major Kentucky Derby preps to be run this winter at Gulfstream Park, the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth on Saturday.
Conquest Mo Money remained undefeated in three career starts Sunday, when he captured the $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby by two lengths over Irap.
Untrapped, the Risen Star runner-up, is headed to Oaklawn Park for the Rebel Stakes on March 18, but the third- and fourth-place Risen Star finishers, Local Hero and Guest Suite, are likely runners in the Louisiana Derby, trainers Steve Asmussen and Neil Howard said Sunday.