Will Take Charge, the runner-up to Game On Dude in the Santa Anita Handicap, on Tuesday continued his preparations for the Grade 1, $600,000 Oaklawn Handicap with a five-furlong work in 1:01.40. He breezed in the second set, under exercise rider Alberto Rodriguez.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – While trainer Bill Mott won’t be participating in the $1 million Florida Derby, he will still be well represented in many of the undercard stakes on Saturday’s program.
Mott plans to send out America in the Grade 2, $300,000 Gulfstream Oaks; Amira’s Prince in the Grade 2, $200,000 Pan American; Tetradrachm in the Grade 3, $100,000 Appleton; and maybe Clearbrook in the Grade 3, $150,000 Orchid.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainer Bill Mott said that Lea, winner of the Grade 3 Hal’s Hope and Grade 1 Donn Handicap here earlier this meet, will make his next start in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic on April 19.
“I thought the timing was right,” Mott said. “He’s proven he can get a mile and an eighth. He gets around the turns well. I thought it would be a good prep for the Met Mile.”
[Clocker Reports: Get Mike Welsch’s clocker reports from Gulfstream Park and Palm Meadows]
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Alan Garcia will regain the mount on Tampa Bay Derby winner Ring Weekend for the Calder Derby on April 5, trainer Graham Motion said Tuesday.
Garcia had ridden Ring Weekend in his two starts prior to the Tampa Bay Derby, but missed that race owing to a commitment that weekend in Saudi Arabia. Daniel Centeno subbed for Garcia in the Tampa Bay Derby.
[Clocker Reports: Get Mike Welsch’s clocker reports from Gulfstream Park and Palm Meadows]
Trainer Tony Dutrow said Tuesday he will enter In Trouble in the Louisiana Derby on Wednesday, but that a final decision on whether to ship the horse to New Orleans on Thursday or wait and run in the Wood Memorial hadn’t yet been made. Joe Rocco would ride In Trouble if the colt starts in the Louisiana Derby.
[ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY: Prep races, point standings, replays]
Just five likely for Oaks
Bradester’s running lines are a throwback to an earlier era, when horsemen made full use of allowance conditions before throwing a horse into stakes competition. Bradester always has run well, compiling a record of 4-3-1 from 9 starts, but only two of those starts have come in stakes competition: Bradester finished second last fall in the Indiana Derby, and last month won the Mineshaft Handicap by 1 3/4 lengths.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Gentlemen’s Bet had his first published work in seven weeks Monday at Oaklawn Park, beginning his wind-up for a 5-year-old campaign that could start next month in the Grade 3, $300,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap. The six-furlong race at Oaklawn on April 10 would be the horse’s first since he ran a bold third last November in the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
“Right now, I’d he say he’s more of a prospect for the Count Fleet than he is to miss it,” said Ron Moquett, who trains Gentlemen’s Bet for Harry Rosenblum.
New Golden Gate Fields racing secretary Patrick Mackey begins working at the track Thursday. The 36-year-old Mackey was hired to replace David Jerkens, who recently accepted the position of racing secretary at Del Mar.
Mackey has worked in the racing offices at several tracks, including most recently the New York Racing Association. He will work with Jerkens for six weeks before Jerkens assumes his new position.
Trainer Tom Amoss is making no secret of the tactics Rise Up will employ when he starts Saturday in the Louisiana Derby. Rise Up is going to the front and taking the Louisiana Derby field as far as he can.
“My instructions are going to be, ‘Damn the torpedoes,’ ” Amoss said Monday morning.