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Curlin leads Asmussen work brigade Preakness S. (G1) winner CURLIN (Smart Strike), readying for his next appearance in the $1 million Haskell Invitational S. (G1) on August 5 at Monmouth Park, worked five furlongs in a bullet 1:00 1/5 over Saratoga's Oklahoma training track on Tuesday. Runner-up by a head in the Belmont S. (G1), the well-built chestnut colt is also being pointed toward the $1 million Travers S. (G1) on August 25 at Saratoga. Curlin highlighted a group of three-year-olds working for trainer Steve Asmussen on Tuesday. Unbeaten TIZ WONDERFUL (Tiznow) logged six furlongs in 1:14 over the fast Oklahoma oval. Three-for-three last season, Tiz Wonderful hasn't raced since winning the Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) last November by a half-length over Any Given Saturday (Distorted Humor). He'll return to action in the July 29 Jim Dandy S. (G2) at Saratoga, where he could possibly face Kentucky Derby (G1) hero and Preakness runner-up Street Sense (Street Cry [Ire]). Grade 1-placed ZANJERO (Cherokee Run), second by a neck in the Northern Dancer Breeders' Cup S. (G3) last out, covered the same ground as Curlin in 1:01 3/5. The dark bay colt could be headed to the $750,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) on August 4. FORTY GRAMS (Distorted Humor), who exits a 1 3/4-length score in the Alysheba Breeders' Cup S. at Lone Star Park, turned five-eighths in 1:02 2/5 in advance of a possible start in the West Virginia Derby. In Kentucky, Jefferson Cup S. (G2) winner INCA KING (Sir Cat) traveled four furlongs in :49 3/5 over Keeneland's Polytrack. Unbeaten since switching to turf three starts back, the speedy colt will stretch out to 10 furlongs in Saturday's $1 million Virginia Derby (G2).
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