Gulfstream Park
McCraken works bullet five furlongs
Coady Photography McCraken and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. win the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths Saturday.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – McCraken, winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club and unbeaten in three starts at age 2, moved closer to his 3-year-old debut with a five-furlong work in 1:00.45 on Wednesday morning at Palm Meadows.
The time was the best of the morning among 10 at the distance.
Ian Wilkes, the trainer of McCraken, said he wants to have three races for McCraken this spring prior to the Kentucky Derby on May 6. The first of those three is scheduled to be the $250,000 Sam Davis Stakes on Feb. 11 at Tampa Bay Downs.
