LOUISVILLE, Ky. – When it comes to getting horses to this year’s Kentucky Derby next Saturday, it has been the tale of two trainers, the best of times for Todd Pletcher, who it looks will have five in the race, and the worst of times for Bob Baffert, who all but ruled out both Code West and Govenor Charlie on Sunday morning.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Forty Tales and Capo Bastone capped a sensational run-up to the 139th Kentucky Derby for trainer Todd Pletcher by finishing one-two in the 89th Derby Trial on a chilly, rainy opener to the 38-day Churchill Downs spring meet Saturday night.
[bc_video_id:290591:]LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The threat of heavy rains, forecast to start sometime Saturday, forced the hands of several trainers looking to assure they would have a fast track for the all-important final Kentucky Derby works scheduled this weekend. A number of breezes originally penciled in for Sunday were moved up 24 hours, including five of trainer Todd Pletcher’s six potential Derby starters, and Chad Brown’s horse Normandy Invasion.[:slideshow-right:]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Every day is a logistical challenge for trainer Todd Pletcher, with all the horses for whom he’s entrusted, and though the stakes are magnified for the Kentucky Derby, his carefully planned workout scheme for Saturday morning at Churchill Downs seemed to go off flawlessly, as five of his prospective Derby runners, including unbeaten Verrazano, concluded serious preparation for next Saturday’s race.
Sat, 04/27/2013 - 11:34
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Stablemates Revolutionary and Verrazano topped a very busy Kentucky Derby/Oaks training session Saturday morning at Churchill Downs as trainers scrambled to beat the heavy rains predicted for later in the day.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Normandy Invasion was one of three potential Kentucky Derby starters to work prior to the renovation break Saturday at Churchill Downs, a session that also included breezes from all four of trainer Todd Pletcher’s prospective Oaks runners led by Dreaming of Julia.
Trainer Shug McGaughey altered Florida Derby winner Orb’s training schedule on Friday, sending him out during the Derby/Oaks training session at Churchill Downs instead of at 6 a.m. as he had the previous two days. Part of the reason for the switch was to give Orb an opportunity to visit the starting gate in the midst of his 1 1/2-mile gallop.
[DERBY WATCH: Top 20 Kentucky Derby contenders with odds and video]
Although he worked Friday in a conventional bit at Churchill Downs, Vyjack has done all his training locally in a hackamore, a head piece that does not contain a bit but has a special type of noseband that helps a rider exert a little more control over a horse.
[DERBY WATCH: Top 20 Kentucky Derby contenders with odds and video]
[bc_video_id:290504:]LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With Kentucky Derby Day just more than a week away and rain in the forecast for the weekend, workout activity began to pick up at Churchill Downs on Friday. Three potential Derby starters, including the once-beaten Vyjack, breezed during the special session following the renovation break, with at least a half-dozen more works now on the schedule for Saturday.[:slideshow-right:]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Perhaps the best of the four workouts that took place during the special Derby/Oaks training session here at Churchill Downs on Friday was turned in by the 3-year-old filly Rose to Gold. With Calvin Borel aboard, Rose to Gold breezed an easy-as-can-be four furlongs in 47.68 seconds before galloping out five-eighths in 1:00.27 and pulling up three-quarters in 1:13.37.