DEL MAR, Calif. – In the few months he’s had Maximum Security, trainer Bob Baffert has learned that he takes aggressive training. That was evident in the way he was prepared for the Pacific Classic, which he won Saturday at Del Mar, and likely will impact how he’s managed in coming months en route to his next major goal, the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Barclay Tagg is not babying Tiz the Law into the Kentucky Derby.
Fifteen days after Tiz the Law won the Runhappy Travers emphatically and 13 days before he runs in the Derby as the favorite on Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs, Tagg sent Tiz the Law out early Sunday morning for a rigorous five-furlong workout that he completed in 59.47 seconds, according to Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch’s watch, over Saratoga’s main track.
Sat, 08/22/2020 - 16:37
DEL MAR, Calif. – The second of the three afternoon workouts for Honor A. P. at Del Mar leading up to the Kentucky Derby was supposed to be the most serious of them, and the intent was evident on Saturday, as jockey Mike Smith had the long-striding colt continue out strongly, turning what was listed officially as a five-furlong drill into what was more like a seven-furlong move.
Sat, 08/22/2020 - 12:55
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A heavy thunderstorm hit Saratoga at about 8 a.m. Saturday morning, dropping .36 of an inch of rain and turning a fast main track into a mud pit, prompting the connections of Tiz the Law to postpone a scheduled workout in preparation for the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5.
The connections of Caracaro, however, went ahead with their planned work and the Travers runner-up went five furlongs in 1:01.88 under exercise rider J.J. Delgado in his first of two works for the Derby.
The Kentucky Derby will be run without fans this year for the first time in its history.
On Friday, Churchill Downs announced that it had canceled its plans to allow a limited number of ticketholders into the track on Derby Day, taking place this year on Sept. 5 because of the disruption caused by the coronavirus. The cancellation comes at a time when Kentucky has failed to show any meaningful progress in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, and at a time of general unrest in Churchill’s city, Louisville.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Mike Trombetta will be taking a few shots in stakes next weekend at Saratoga.
Trombetta said he plans to run Win Win Win in the Grade 1 Forego, Premier Star in the Grade 2 Amsterdam – both on Saturday – and the Puerto Rican import Lucky Stride in the Grade 3, $125,000 Shuvee on the Sunday.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Tom’s d’Etat, who finished third after stumbling at the start of the Grade 1 Whitney on Aug. 1 at Saratoga, will train up to the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 7 at Keeneland, trainer Al Stall said Friday.
Stall said the combination of how well Tom’s d’Etat runs fresh and the absence of a prep in a suitable time frame prompted him to make the decision to wait for the Classic. Stall said he was hoping the Grade 2 Fayette Stakes, scheduled for Oct. 10 at Keeneland, would have been a week earlier.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – King Jack, unraced since he won the Grade 2 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx Racing last September, is now with trainer Todd Pletcher.
On Friday at Saratoga, King Jack had his first workout this year, going three furlongs in 37.66 seconds over the main track.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A final decision on his participation in the Kentucky Derby was to be made over the weekend, but Dr Post signaled his preparedness for the race with a solid five-furlong workout in 1:00.75 on Friday morning over Saratoga’s main track.
Jolie Olimpica, a two-time stakes winner this year, has recovered from a recent bout with colic and will be pointed for the Grade 3 Spendthrift Farms Ladies Sprint at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 12, trainer Richard Mandella said on Friday.
Mandella said the colic was not a serious issue earlier this week, but that the timing prevented a start in Sunday’s Grade 2 Del Mar Mile. Jolie Olimpica missed a start in the Yellow Ribbon Stakes earlier this month because of a grabbed quarter.
“It’s one stumbling block after another,” Mandella said.