LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Things remained relatively quiet on the Derby/Oaks front again Monday morning at Churchill Downs. Midnight Bourbon was the only potential Derby starter to work under the cool, sunny skies, and there were no Oaks candidates on the clocker’s daily tab.
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ARCADIA, Calif. - Joel Rosario has been booked to ride Santa Anita Derby winner Rock Your World in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 1, trainer John Sadler confirmed in a text message late Saturday afternoon.
Rosario rode Rock Your World in his debut in a maiden special weight race at six furlongs on turf on Jan. 1. Umberto Rispoli rode Rock Your World in two subsequent stakes wins – the Pasadena Stakes at a mile on turf on Feb. 27 and the colt’s main-track debut in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby at 1 1/8 miles on April 3.
Churchill Downs
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 51
Track: Fast
LOUISVILLE, KY. - Mandaloun may have stolen a little thunder from his undefeated stablemate and Kentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality with an extremely impressive six-furlong workout in 1:11.47 early Saturday morning at Churchill Downs.
Rock Your World, the undefeated winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 3, worked five furlongs in 59.60 seconds at Santa Anita on Saturday in advance of a start in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 1.
Trained by John Sadler, Rock Your World galloped out six furlongs in 1:12.80, according to Santa Anita clockers.
Concert Tour, who suffered the first defeat of his career in the Arkansas Derby on April 10, was ruled out of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday by trainer Bob Baffert, who said the colt needed more time before being ready to be at his best.
Baffert said the plan as of now is to point to the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, on May 15, which would mean five weeks until his next start. The Derby is May 1, three weeks after the Arkansas Derby.
Rombauer, the winner of the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields in February, worked a half-mile in 48.80 seconds at Santa Anita on Friday in his first major exercise since finishing a well-beaten third in the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 3.
The workout is part of preparation for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 1 or the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 15.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Todd Pletcher sent his four Kentucky Derby hopefuls out for works in company with one another Friday morning at Churchill Downs, in their most serious breezes before the May 1 classic.
Florida Derby winner Known Agenda and Jeff Ruby runner-up Sainthood were first to come through the lane for the outfit. With Known Agenda, wearing blinkers on the outside, the two colts were on relatively even terms through five furlongs, stopping the clock in 1:00.40 with the Churchill Downs clockers.