Manne
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2010/04/30 06:21
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Manne wrote:
As expected the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland on Saturday had no impact on eligible horses for the 2010 Kentucky Derby. The race was won by still another Todd Pletcher trained 3-yr-old, EXHI, who will not have sufficient earnings to make the Kentucky Derby top 20. Of greater importance, however, several prominent Derby contenders had serious recent workouts. How these horses train will be important to all handicappers hoping to separate contenders for the 1-1/4 mile Classic at Churchill Downs on May 1.
Here is the first of my thumbnail Derby workout reports for a handful of the most prominent Kentucky Derby contenders. They are listed with my ranking from 0 to 10, along with key fractional splits:
Churchill Downs, Thurs., Apr. 15:
LOOKIN AT LUCKY: (8-1/2 Rating). 5 furlongs in 1:01.20, with blinkers removed, under a good hold all the way. (“He doesn’t need blinkers anymore,” trainer Bob Baffert said). Fractions were 25.20 and 49.60, with a last furlong in a solid 11:60, galloping out 6 furlongs in 1:14.60.
CONVEYENCE: (8); 5 furlongs in 1:00.60. Frontrunner was slow to get started, but finished last furlong in 11.60, galloping out 6 furlongs in 1:13.60, looking much better than he did when he was second to ENDORSEMENT in the Sunland Derby.
JACKSON BEND: (8). 4 furlongs in 47.40, with 23.60 for the quarter and a last furlong in 12 flat, galloping out 5 furlongs in a leisurely 1:01.20 in company with a stablemate. “I Ioved it,” trainer Nick Zito said.
Churchill Downs, Fri., Apr. 16:
ICE BOX: (7-1/2). 4 furlongs in 48.40 in company. Went 24 flat; galloped out 5 furlongs evenly in 1:02.20, a typically modest work for this Zito trained Fla. Derby winner.
Churchill Downs, Sat., Apr. 17:
SIDNEY’S CANDY: (8-1/2). 5 furlongs in 59.80, with 24.80 and 48.00, getting final 1/8th in 11.80, easily catching workmate, galloping out 6F in 1:12.80, pulling up 7 furlongs in 1:27.40. A fine move for a horse that never has raced on dirt.
KEENELAND, Sat., Apr. 17:
ENDORSEMENT: (9). 5 furlongs in 1:01.60 in company; with 26.60 and 49.40 splits and trainer Shannon Ritter aboard. The Sunland Derby winner made up five lengths in the stretch and galloped out 6 furlongs strongly in 1:14, pulling up 7 furlongs in 1:27 40, an excellent move. Endorsement now is at Churchill and will have two works over the track.
PAYSON PARK TRAINING CENTER, IN FLORIDA, Sat., Apr. 17:
ESKENDEREYA: (8-1/2). 5 furlongs in 1:02.25, with first quarter in 25.01 and last 1/8th in 12.12, galloping out 6 furlongs with good energy in 1:15.32, on a deep racing surface, a deceptively good drill.
DISCREETLY MINE: (7-1/2); 5 furlongs in 1:02.22, galloping out 6 furlongs in 1:15.66. . MISSION IMPAZIBLE: (8). 5 furlongs in 1:02.35, easily beating stablemate RULE (6-1/2); 5 furlongs in 1:02.69.
CHURCHILL DOWNS TRAINING CENTER, Sat, Apr. 17:
DEAN’S KITTEN: (8). 5 furlongs in a fast 59.80 on even terms with trainer Mike Maker's AGE OF HUMOR, who is to run in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, Apr. 30.
ADDED NOTES:
RESEARCHER did score a repeat win in the $1 million Charles Town Classic Saturday night. Veteran jockey Richard Migliore may be forced to retire to protect injured vertebrae suffered in a recent fall. Bob Baffert’s TIZ CHROME was fatally injured while training at Churchill; DROSSELMEYER will run in the G-3 Derby Trial, on Churchill’s opening day card Apr. 24 and worked 5 furlongs in 1:02, at Keeneland, Saturday, with a final 1/8th in 11.90, galloping out 6 furlongs strongly in 1:15.40.
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