HALLANDALE BEACH,Fla. - Risen Star winner and Kentucky Derby hopeful Mucho Macho Man zipped seven furlongs in 1:23.66 on Saturday morning at Gulfstream Park in his final work before his scheduled departure for Churchill Downs on Sunday.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Pants On Fire worked five furlongs in a blistering 58.60 seconds at Palm Meadows shortly after the renovation break on Friday, his first work since upsetting the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 26.
With exercise rider Juan Pizarro aboard, Pants On Fire completed his final quarter in 24 seconds before galloping out six furlongs in 1:13.80, according to track clocker Bryan Walls.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The big-money chances to make the 137th Kentucky Derby thin out considerably once the $1 million Arkansas Derby and $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes have been run Saturday. A handful of lesser preps remain, perhaps most notably at Keeneland next Saturday, April 23, with the $200,000 Coolmore Lexington, a 1 1/16-mile Polytrack race for which Jaycito figures to be favored.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Yes, it’s a Grade 1 race with a $750,000 purse. But the inextricable significance of the Blue Grass Stakes is its positioning before the Kentucky Derby, and after the Blue Grass is run Saturday over Polytrack at Keeneland, everyone will surely be asking: What did it mean?
George Bolton was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and he turned it into gold. Through financial intelligence, horse smarts, and a gregarious personality, Bolton has aligned himself with some of the leaders of the racing business, and his boutique operation, favoring quality over quantity, continues to reach new heights.
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The Factor has dictated the pace in all three of his dazzling victories. Whether he will be able to do so again Saturday in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby is the central question surrounding the 1 1/8-mile race that closes out the meet at Oaklawn Park.
The connections of Uncle Mo believe they have a reason why their horse did not run up to expectations in last weekend’s $1 million Wood Memorial, and are still hoping to get last year’s 2-year-old champion to the Kentucky Derby on May 7.
