Promise Me Silver clocks half-mile, targeting Victory Ride

Last updated: 6/21/15 2:57 PM

Promise Me Silver is looking to get back on the winning track in the Victory Ride
(Jessie Holmes/EquiSport Photos)

Robert Luttrell’s Promise Me Silver (Silver City ) returned to the worktab Sunday morning with a half-mile breeze in :49
over the fast dirt at Churchill Downs. The move, which came after the renovation break at
8:30 a.m. (EDT), was the Texas-bred filly’s first since finishing 10th as the 7-2 second choice in the June 6 Acorn
S. (G1) at
Belmont Park. It was her first defeat in nine career starts.

Jockey Robby Albarado was in the irons for Promise Me Silver’s breeze for trainer Bret Calhoun, who was in Texas for the weekend
overseeing his string at Lone Star Park.

“She went good and she felt great,” Albarado said
following the work.

Albarado was not aboard Promise Me Silver for her
most recent start in the Acorn as he had already committed to riding Shook Up
(Tapit),
who was eased and vanned off the track in that contest just one race after
finishing second in the Kentucky Oaks (G1).

“The last time she ran, they both had awful trips,” Albarado said. “My filly
(Shook Up) and (Promise Me Silver) had a tough trip herself. She stumbled really
badly and had to rush up there to the front.”

Calhoun also blamed her most recent effort on the bad trip.

“She broke real bad and had to rush from sixth to first,” Calhoun asserted.
“I think you can throw that race out. We broke fast way too early.”

Calhoun confirmed that her next start would come in the
$150,000 Victory Ride S. (G3) at Belmont Park on July 4, where she will be
shortening back up to 6 1/2 furlongs.

“Going back into this upcoming race, we feel very confident,” Albarado said.
“I do for sure, after the work this morning it was really nice. She came back
good. I think she will stretch out fine, she rates kindly. I’ve sat behind a
couple horses with her a couple of times.”

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