Barbara D. Livingston
Olympiad, expected to start in the Whitney Stakes on Aug. 6, has gone 5 for 5 this year.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Olympiad tuned up for his toughest assignment of the year in next Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Whitney Stakes, by working a half-mile in 47.73 seconds Sunday morning over the Oklahoma training track.
Under exercise rider Neil Poznansky, Olympiad went in splits of 12.38 seconds and 24.14 and galloped out a solid five furlongs in 1:00.93, and six in 1:15.23.
Trainer Bill Mott said he was looking for a little slower time, but wasn’t upset with the way the work was done considering Poznansky didn’t ask him for anything.