Snapper Sinclair to work Monday for Louisiana Derby

Snapper Sinclair is scheduled Monday for his first work since he was beaten a nose by Bravazo in the Feb. 17 Risen Star Stakes.

Trainer Steve Asmussen often works horses back nine days after a race, but he elected to wait another week with Snapper Sinclair, who ran hard in finishing third Jan. 13 in the Lecomte Stakes before another gritty front-end performance in the Risen Star.

“He’s not a big horse,” Asmussen said. “He ran hard last time, and we’re giving that performance the respect it deserves.”

Snapper Sinclair will make his next start March 24 in the $1 million Louisiana Derby, and he will be joined by stablemate Retirement Fund. Retirement Fund won his first two starts, Fair Grounds routes, by open lengths, but finished seventh, beaten 19 lengths, while racing over a sloppy track Feb. 19 in the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Retirement Fund has returned to Fair Grounds and, Asmussen said, also is scheduled to work Monday, most likely in company with Snapper Sinclair.