Alpha
May 3, 2012 It was a bit cooler but partly cloudy on Thursday morning in Louisville\ with an expected high of 85. Most of the Kentucky Derby contenders were out this morning, but there were no timed works. Entries were taken and post positions drawn yesterday with 20 starting and one also-eligible who will get in if anyone scratches by 9am Friday.
Alpha went to the track Thursday morning for what is a routine piece of exercise under rider Rob Massey.
"We did the same thing we have been doing, back up to the sixteenth pole and gallop about a mile and three-eighths," McLaughlin said. "He's doing great, continues to train well and ate up well. Everything is going great."
2012 Kentucky Derby Entries - get the horses, post positions, morning line odds, and free past performances here
Analyzing the top Kentucky Derby contenders - trying to select a winner by matching each to the profile of a Kentucky Derby winner using many of the more popular angles and statistical trends.
2012 Kentucky Oaks Entries and Post Positions - a field of 14 plus one also-eligble were entered on Thursday
Bodemeister
May 3, 2012
Bodemeister galloped 1 1/2 miles Thursday, the morning after drawing post No. 6 in the 20-horse field. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said it was good post for the Empire Maker colt, who soared to the top of the morning line with a runaway victory in the Arkansas Derby (G1). "Ideally, I would have liked to be outside of the heavy speed horses and I'm inside of them, but anything but the one hole," Baffert said.
Creative Cause
May 3, 2012
Creative Cause jogged a mile and galloped 1 3/8 miles with regular exercise rider John Cisneros in the irons. After causing something of a mini-buzz with a second day of walking for Creative Cause following a Monday workout at Churchill Dows, trainer Mike Harrington said dryly Thursday morning, "Well, I guess everybody will be satisfied now that the colt has gone to the track." Harrington explained to anyone who asked: "This is what I do.
It's my routine. I've always done this. Trainers handle post-workout time differently."
Daddy Nose Best
May 3, 2012
Daddy Nose Best came out later in the morning than usual, during the 7 o'clock hour before the renovation break - so he could visit the starting gate and the paddock. The two went in separate sets, with Sabercat appearing first and Daddy Nose Best coming out in the last Asmusen set before the break. "They both schooled in the gate this morning and they'll both school in the paddock this afternoon," Asmussen said.
"Hopefully the rest of the week goes as smooth as the last couple of weeks have."
Dullahan
May 3, 2012
Dullahan galloped a much easier 1 1/2 miles than in recent days. "We galloped him slower today since we let him really stretch out his legs yesterday," Romans said. "We didn't want him to do too much out there today." The pronunciation of Dullahan's name has taken a new twist this week, owner Jerry Crawford correcting it to DULL-a-HONN, trainer Romans said he won't get tied up into semantics.
"As long as they call him down the lane in front, that's all that matters to me," he quipped.
El Padrino
May 3, 2012
El Padrino was pretty washed out when he came back from his gallop. He galloped 1 3/8 miles under Melvin Hernandez and stood in the starting gate.
Gemologist
May 3, 2012
Gemologist galloped 1 3/8 miles under exercise rider Hector Ramos following the renovation break. Trainer Todd Pletcher said, "He is doing as well as he could possibly be doing. However good he is I think that's what we'll see on Saturday."
Hansen
May 3, 2012
Hansen was back for the first time on the Churchill Downs surface since he won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile on Nov. 5. Under regular exercise rider Joel Barrientos, Hansen schooled in the starting gate and galloped a mile and a quarter.
I'll Have Another
May 3, 2012
I'll Have Another continues to maintain his bounding style as he heads toward Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Trainer Doug O'Neill said, "He's just doing great. He has kept his nice stride and seems to love the racetrack. He's very settled and he cools out perfectly each day."
Take Charge Indy
May 3, 2012 <p> <a href="/od/triplecrowncontenders/p/aaSabercat.htm">Sabercat</a> came out later in the morning than usual, during the 7 o'clock hour before the renovation break - so he could visit the starting gate and the paddock. The two went in separate sets, with Sabercat appearing first and Daddy Nose Best coming out in the last Asmusen set before the break. "They both schooled in the gate this morning and they'll both school in the paddock this afternoon," Asmussen said.
"Hopefully the rest of the week goes as smooth as the last couple of weeks have."
Union Rags
May 3, 2012
Take Charge Indy galloped 1 5/8 miles during the special time reserved for Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks horses at 8:30 a.m. with jockey Calvin Borel up. "I actually told Calvin this morning to ride him like you own him," trainer Pat Byrne said. "He's just too passionate about horses. You just throw him up there and he's like jelly up there. He's a natural rider."
May 3, 2012
Union Rags galloped a 1 1/2 miles under exercise rider Peter Brette Thursday morning at Churchill Downs.
May 3, 2012 It was a bit cooler but partly cloudy on Thursday morning in Louisville\ with an expected high of 85. Most of the Kentucky Derby contenders were out this morning, but there were no timed works. Entries were taken and post positions drawn yesterday with 20 starting and one also-eligible who will get in if anyone scratches by 9am Friday.
Alpha went to the track Thursday morning for what is a routine piece of exercise under rider Rob Massey.
"We did the same thing we have been doing, back up to the sixteenth pole and gallop about a mile and three-eighths," McLaughlin said. "He's doing great, continues to train well and ate up well. Everything is going great."
2012 Kentucky Derby Entries - get the horses, post positions, morning line odds, and free past performances here
Analyzing the top Kentucky Derby contenders - trying to select a winner by matching each to the profile of a Kentucky Derby winner using many of the more popular angles and statistical trends.
2012 Kentucky Oaks Entries and Post Positions - a field of 14 plus one also-eligble were entered on Thursday
Bodemeister
May 3, 2012
Bodemeister galloped 1 1/2 miles Thursday, the morning after drawing post No. 6 in the 20-horse field. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said it was good post for the Empire Maker colt, who soared to the top of the morning line with a runaway victory in the Arkansas Derby (G1). "Ideally, I would have liked to be outside of the heavy speed horses and I'm inside of them, but anything but the one hole," Baffert said.
Creative Cause
May 3, 2012
Creative Cause jogged a mile and galloped 1 3/8 miles with regular exercise rider John Cisneros in the irons. After causing something of a mini-buzz with a second day of walking for Creative Cause following a Monday workout at Churchill Dows, trainer Mike Harrington said dryly Thursday morning, "Well, I guess everybody will be satisfied now that the colt has gone to the track." Harrington explained to anyone who asked: "This is what I do.
It's my routine. I've always done this. Trainers handle post-workout time differently."
Daddy Nose Best
May 3, 2012
Daddy Nose Best came out later in the morning than usual, during the 7 o'clock hour before the renovation break - so he could visit the starting gate and the paddock. The two went in separate sets, with Sabercat appearing first and Daddy Nose Best coming out in the last Asmusen set before the break. "They both schooled in the gate this morning and they'll both school in the paddock this afternoon," Asmussen said.
"Hopefully the rest of the week goes as smooth as the last couple of weeks have."
Dullahan
May 3, 2012
Dullahan galloped a much easier 1 1/2 miles than in recent days. "We galloped him slower today since we let him really stretch out his legs yesterday," Romans said. "We didn't want him to do too much out there today." The pronunciation of Dullahan's name has taken a new twist this week, owner Jerry Crawford correcting it to DULL-a-HONN, trainer Romans said he won't get tied up into semantics.
"As long as they call him down the lane in front, that's all that matters to me," he quipped.
El Padrino
May 3, 2012
El Padrino was pretty washed out when he came back from his gallop. He galloped 1 3/8 miles under Melvin Hernandez and stood in the starting gate.
Gemologist
May 3, 2012
Gemologist galloped 1 3/8 miles under exercise rider Hector Ramos following the renovation break. Trainer Todd Pletcher said, "He is doing as well as he could possibly be doing. However good he is I think that's what we'll see on Saturday."
Hansen
May 3, 2012
Hansen was back for the first time on the Churchill Downs surface since he won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile on Nov. 5. Under regular exercise rider Joel Barrientos, Hansen schooled in the starting gate and galloped a mile and a quarter.
I'll Have Another
May 3, 2012
I'll Have Another continues to maintain his bounding style as he heads toward Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Trainer Doug O'Neill said, "He's just doing great. He has kept his nice stride and seems to love the racetrack. He's very settled and he cools out perfectly each day."
Take Charge Indy
May 3, 2012 <p> <a href="/od/triplecrowncontenders/p/aaSabercat.htm">Sabercat</a> came out later in the morning than usual, during the 7 o'clock hour before the renovation break - so he could visit the starting gate and the paddock. The two went in separate sets, with Sabercat appearing first and Daddy Nose Best coming out in the last Asmusen set before the break. "They both schooled in the gate this morning and they'll both school in the paddock this afternoon," Asmussen said.
"Hopefully the rest of the week goes as smooth as the last couple of weeks have."
Union Rags
May 3, 2012
Take Charge Indy galloped 1 5/8 miles during the special time reserved for Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks horses at 8:30 a.m. with jockey Calvin Borel up. "I actually told Calvin this morning to ride him like you own him," trainer Pat Byrne said. "He's just too passionate about horses. You just throw him up there and he's like jelly up there. He's a natural rider."
May 3, 2012
Union Rags galloped a 1 1/2 miles under exercise rider Peter Brette Thursday morning at Churchill Downs.
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