There was one workout from a Santa Anita Derby probable starter on Sunday with Mr. Commons working five furlongs in 1:00.60 for trainer John Shirreffs at Hollywood Park.
Mr. Commons will make his stakes debut in the Santa Anita Derby, having won a maiden race on turf on Jan. 15 and an allowance race over a mile on the main track on Feb. 26 in his last two starts.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The Todd Pletcher/Joyce Robsham juggernaut continued its magical weekend run at Gulfstream Park when Travelin Man cruised to a two-length victory in Sunday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Swale Stakes.
The win came one day after Pletcher and Robsham combined to win both the Grade 2 Gulfstream Oaks and Grade 3 Rampart with R Heat Lightning and Awesome Maria, respectively. The trainer Pletcher won five races on Saturday’s card.
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Early Kentucky Derby favorite Uncle Mo completed his major preparation for Saturday’s $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct by working four furlongs in 48.20 seconds Sunday morning at the Palm Meadows training center in Florida. The time was the second fastest of 36 at the distance.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Jaycito, second in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita last month and one of trainer Bob Baffert’s best hopes for the Kentucky Derby, is likely to make his next start in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby next Saturday, Baffert said.
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STICKNEY, Ill. – Want to know who’s running April 9 in the Illinois Derby? Sorry - you will just have to wait.
Waiting and hoping is what Hawthorne people themselves are doing this weekend. As of Saturday afternoon, the Grade 3, $300,000 Illinois Derby had the same four probable starters as it did two days ago. Debbie Lindsay, Hawthorne’s stakes coordinator, said the status of at least four more possible runners won’t be determined until early this week, a claim confirmed by the trainers of those horses.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Premier Pegasus, Jaycito, and Bench Points seem to be doing everything together recently.
They were the first three finishers in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 12, a race that Premier Pegasus won by a convincing 7 3/4 lengths. Saturday, they worked minutes apart at Santa Anita. Next Saturday, the threesome could meet for the second time in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Uncle Mo, the undefeated divisional champion, attracted the most action after the first full day of betting into the third and final pool in the 2001 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opened for the customary three-day run Friday at noon Eastern.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Uncle Mo and The Factor attracted the most action in the early hours of betting into the third and final pool in the 2011 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opened for the customary three-day run Friday at noon Eastern.
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Trainer Bob Baffert said on Friday that he has yet to finalize a decision for Jaycito’s next start, with the options the $1 million Santa Anita Derby or the $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, both on April 9.
“I’ll see how he works,” Baffert said.
Jaycito, who is expected to work this weekend, was second to Premier Pegasus in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes over 1 1/16 miles on March 12.
