Anthony’s Cross ruled out; Derby Kitten now 21st on the
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A D K Racing’s ANTHONY’S CROSS (Indian Charlie) had his Kentucky travel plans
The Robert B. Lewis S. (G2) winner, who sits No. 21 on the 20-horse
“We got to thinking about it and we decided it was just going to be too much
“We’ve got lots of other options with this colt and I’m zeroing in on one of
With the defection of Anthony’s Cross, Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s DERBY KITTEN
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Derby Kitten galloped at Trackside Training Center Sunday, and Maker plans to
gallop him up to the Derby should he get in.
Maker already has one definite Derby runner in Alpha Stables, Skychai Racing
“Everything is good here,” Maker said of the Blue Grass (G1) runner-up who
Over at Churchill Downs, Live Oak Plantation’s Blue Grass winner BRILLIANT
“He seemed to go over it great,” Blacker said. “Even though it was sealed,
Trainer Tom Albertrani was scheduled to arrive in Louisville, Kentucky,
Tom Walters’ Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) victor SANTIVA (Giant’s Causeway)
“He’s handling the track fine,” trainer Eddie Kenneally said. “It’s muddy,
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Kenneally plans to breeze the colt Monday morning. He will make a decision on
when to go out based on the surface conditions and might not wait until the time
reserved for Derby and Oaks horses at 8:30 a.m.
“We’ll see what the track looks like early,” Kenneally said. “If it’s good
Shaun Bridgmohan has the mount on Santiva in the Derby.
Arnold Zetcher’s Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner MIDNIGHT INTERLUDE (War Chant)
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said “just use ditto” to describe the colt’s
The routine of morning gallops will change Monday, though, when Midnight
Victor Espinoza has the mount in the Kentucky Derby.
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Zayat Stables LLC’s NEHRO (Mineshaft) galloped two miles in a driving rain at
6:15 a.m. (EDT) under regular exercise rider Carlos Rosas, taking two laps
around the oval, starting and finishing at the five-eighths pole. A two-mile
gallop the day before a final work has been standard procedure in trainer Steve
Asmussen’s barn “for 15 years,” he said.
The Arkansas Derby (G1) and Louisiana Derby (G2) runner-up will breeze
After overnight thunderstorms turned the Churchill Downs racing surface to
“We’ll just wait until (Monday) morning and hope the track will be better,”
O’Connell is well aware that the weather forecast may not be on the side of
“I may even go earlier in the morning when the track first opens and ask for
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O’Connell named Rafael Bejarano to ride her Tampa Bay Derby (G2) winner for
the first time in the Derby.
“I’ve always liked Bejarano. He’s a good, strong finisher; he’s a good judge
Robert and Loval Yagos’ ARCHARCHARCH (Arch) galloped 1 1/2 miles after the
The Arkansas Derby winner had worked a bullet five-eighths in :59 2/5 on
“We just walked him and jogged him a little yesterday and he got mad because
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Vasquez was in the saddle this morning in place of jockey Jon Court, who
opened the Spring Meet last night with two victories on the card.
“We didn’t have much this morning, so Carlos got on him,” Fires said.
Fires said that Archarcharch may visit the paddock once in the afternoon
“He has always been good at the gate,” Fires said of Archarcharch, who was
Trainer Juan Arias hopped aboard DECISIVE MOMENT (With Distinction) Sunday
The South Florida-based trainer runs a hands-on operation.
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“I tell people, ‘When I win a race, there are four people in the winner’s
circle.’ I’m like four people, the trainer, the exercise rider, the groom, the
hotwalker,” said Arias, a former jockey in South Florida.
Decisive Moment, who’ll be ridden by Kerwin Clark in the Derby, walked the
After working five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 Saturday morning, MUCHO MACHO MAN
“Everything’s good. He came out of the work great,” said trainer Kathy Ritvo,
James Culver, whose Dream Team Racing Stable purchased the Risen Star (G2)
South Florida-based Dream Team Racing Stable, managed by Culver and partner
“It’s hard to make a profit in this business. After his first race, I got 12
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“People are going to sales paying $300,000 and $400,000 for yearlings, and
they don’t even know what they have,” he added. “But you see a race and a horse
runs good, at least you know you have a horse that can run.”
Culver said his group has no regrets about taking a sizable profit on Mucho
Macho Man, expressing satisfaction and appreciation that the Reeves agreed to
the 70-30 deal while the other offers were all for 100 percent of the colt who
would go on to become a prominent Kentucky Derby contender.
Florida Derby (G1) runner-up SHACKLEFORD (Forestry) walked the shedrow at
trainer Dale Romans’ barn a day after working a bullet five furlongs in :58 4/5.
Owned by Michael Lauffer and W.D. Cubbedge, Shackleford is scheduled to
return to the track Monday. Jesus Castanon has the Derby mount on Shackleford.
Trainer Graham Motion said Team Valor International’s ANIMAL KINGDOM
Trainer Jeff Bonde reported Sunday morning that his two potential Kentucky
“They’re both doing fine,” the Northern California-based conditioner said at
Twice the Appeal, winner of the Sunland Derby (G3) and assured a spot in the
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Stablemate Sway Away, who will need some help to run Saturday as he now sits
at No. 22 on the Derby eligible list, had accomplished his workout in 1:14. If
he gets to run, he’ll be partnered by Southern California ace Martin Garcia.
Bonde said he wasn’t sure when he’d send the two colts back to the track.
“We’ll have to see how it goes with the weather and the track condition,” the
trainer said. “That will tell me when I want to go back (to the track) with
them.”