It was a great change.”. She galloped a few lengths behind her stablemate, smoothly moving through the same 1 ½-mile regimen called for by trainer Kenny McPeek, with exercise rider Danny Ramsey aboard. “Then, I won with Silver Charm and Real Quiet and started thinking this was easy, but then it got lean for a number of years. About the only place running where they had clients was Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. “Her groom Mario Cordero rode with her here and said she really didn’t do anything different. “I think he’ll show up to be the real horse on Saturday. She was wearing blinkers, but she didn’t really need them, and I wanted to take a chance with her and take them off. Highly Motivated, I can see getting a better spot than that, but both horses have a quick acceleration.”. MORAZ – Just as she had the day before, Kentucky Oaks starter Moraz went about her training business during the special Derby/Oaks training period between 7:30-7:45 a.m. Once more trainer Mike McCarthy’s daughter of Empire Maker had exercise rider Olha Krushevska in the tack and once more she galloped about a mile and one half. THE FIELD FOR THE $1.25 MILLION LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS – Pauline’s Pearl (Ricardo Santana Jr., 20-1), Maracuja (Kendrick Carmouche, 20-1), Clairiere (Tyler Gaffalione, 5-1), Crazy Beautiful (Jose Ortiz, 15-1), Pass the Champagne (Javier Castellano, 15-1), Travel Column (Florent Geroux, 3-1), Ava’s Grace (David Cohen, 50-1), Moraz (Flavien Prat (30-1), Coach (Luis Saez, 50-1), Malathaat (John Velazquez, 5-2), Will’s Secret (Jon Court, 30-1), Search Results (Irad Ortiz Jr., 3-1), Competitive Speed (Chris Landeros, 50-1), Millefeuille (Joel Rosario, 20-1). For Cox, the Derby was a dream growing up in South Louisville. I’m hoping, of course, it all works out.”. No other trainer in the country has ridden Rosario more times or won more races with him. Derby qualifying points: 50 (12th) Top Equibase speed figure: 108. At 7:50 their other member, Bourbonic with Ramos crooning, went solo for a similar 10-furlong session. The winner of the Gulfstream Oaks (GII) appeared along with other Derby and Oaks contenders, including stablemate King Fury, when the 7:30 a.m. training period began. HOT ROD CHARLIE – TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby (GII) winner Hot Rod Charlie was back at it Wednesday morning, smartly galloping a mile and a quarter under exercise rider Jonny Garcia during the special Derby/Oaks training session at 7:30. Team Valor’s Oleksandra, an Australian-bred 7-year-old trained by Neil Drysdale, was made the slight 3-1 favorite on the morning line. 3 of 18 4 of 18 Win Win Win with jockey Javier Castellano is lead to the winner?•s circle under a rainbow after winning the 41st running of The Forego Saturday Aug.29, 2020 … “He had a strong work and now, the second day back galloping out of the breeze, he’s loosening up again and looks super. “You wonder if you are going to wake up tomorrow unable to breathe, or if you are going to see your kids again.”. MIDNIGHT BOURBON, SUPER STOCK – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon and Erv Woolsey’s and trainer Steve Asmussen’s father Keith’s Super Stock both hit the track Wednesday morning during the Derby-Oaks training session at 7:30. Horses ridden by Castellano have won more than $345 million in purses. “But I said ‘Wow’ to myself, that kid rode the hair off my horse. “I love it already,” said Minchello, who owns seven horses and purchased Competitive Speed for $5,000 at auction as a 2-year-old. But the analytics with Joel are so strong I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity. “You don’t go anywhere. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Maracuja began her career at Aqueduct in December and has made all four career starts at the South Ozone Park, New York oval, so her trip to Louisville was her first venture away from home as a racehorse. “He’s also making his third start off the layoff, like both those horses were,” Brown said. Accessibility | They’ve won 47 stakes together and 34 of them have been graded. He had just run three miles in the sweltering South Florida heat, getting ready for a weekend of lucrative stake races. Midnight Bourbon stretched his legs for the first time since his final Derby breeze Monday morning and continues to thrive, while looking like a bigger, stronger version of the colt who ran in all three of Fair Grounds’ Derby preps this winter. “If I finish fourth by a hair, I’ve risked my life for $60,” Castellano said. “I’m not too nervous yet, just getting excited,” Cox said. The duo both schooled in the gate prior to galloping about 1 5/8 miles. In the Giant’s Causeway, Into Mystic was the even-money favorite. “They’ll be good for business here in town. I really like it. I’m surprised it didn’t show up after her work. Javier Castellano has experienced the toll of those injuries and is prepared for those risks. Then he’ll ride for all he’s worth for Sadler – the man who was the key in making him a star – to try to give him some payback that would be beyond sweet -- his first triumph in the Kentucky Derby. Competitive Speed completed her paddock schooling Tuesday afternoon to Gonzalez’s satisfaction. March 26, 2020 Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano has tested positive for COVID-19, the rider said on social media March 26. His race before that was a score in the listed Pasadena Stakes and in both those black-type tallies he had the top California rider Umberto Rispoli in the irons. Jockeys are the ultimate gig workers of the athletic world. The field for the Unbridled Sidney, with riders, weights and morning line, from the inside, is: Into Mystic (Geroux, 124 pounds, 4-1), Change of Control (Colby Hernandez, 124, 4-1), Lady Grace (Tyler Gaffalione, 122, 12-1), Oleksandra (AUS) (Joel Rosario, 122, 3-1), Foxxy Belle (Ricardo Santana Jr., 122, 12-1), Jakarta (Saez, 122, 5-1), Winning Envelope (Javier Castellano, 122, 12-1), She’sonthewarpath (Adam Beschizza, 122, 15-1), Elle Z (Mitchell Murrill, 122, 6-1) and Yes It’s Ginger (Brian Hernandez Jr., 122, 15-1). Kentucky Derby Update: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at the Kentucky Derby. The jockeys’ room in New York, like the city itself, is a melting pot. CLAIRIERE, PAULINE’S PEARL – Stonestreet Stables’ homebreds Pauline’s Pearl and Clairiere both galloped a mile around 8:30 Wednesday morning and also stood in the starting gate, according to trainer Steve Asmussen’s assistant Scott Blasi. THE FIELD FOR THE $3 MILLION KENTUCKY DERBY PRESENTED BY WOODFORD RESERVE (GI) – Known Agenda (Irad Ortiz Jr., 6-1), Like the King (Drayden Van Dyke, 50-1), Brooklyn Strong (Umberto Rispoli, 50-1), Keepmeinmind (David Cohen, 50-1), Sainthood (Corey Lanerie, 50-1), O Besos (Marcelino Pedroza, 20-1), Mandaloun (Florent Geroux, 15-1), Medina Spirit (John Velazquez, 15-1), Hot Rod Charlie (Flavien Prat, 8-1), Midnight Bourbon (Mike Smith, 20-1), Dynamic One (Jose Ortiz, 20-1), Helium (Julien Leparoux, 50-1), Hidden Stash (Rafael Bejarano, 50-1), Essential Quality (Luis Saez, 2-1), Rock Your World (Joel Rosario, 5-1), King Fury (Brian Hernandez Jr., 20-1), Highly Motivated (Javier Castellano, 10-1), Super Stock (Ricardo Santana Jr., 30-1), Soup and Sandwich (Tyler Gaffalione, 30-1), Bourbonic (Kendrick Carmouche, 30-1). “He can’t work from home.”. I Hate Tacos Said No Juan Ever T-Shirt Castellano Espanol Spanish Mexican Food Funny Taco Tshirt Family Mens Ladies Womens Kids T-shirt LandMeetSky 5 out of 5 stars (4,269) $ 15.49. Cox is counting down the hours until he saddles his first horses in the Kentucky Derby. The duo were scheduled to school in Race 4 Wednesday. “God will take care of us. LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS UPDATE – Headlining seven Kentucky Oaks workers were the Brad Cox-trained duo of Travel Column and Coach, both of whom covered five furlongs in 1:00.40. “Make no mistake,” Sadler notes, “Umberto Rispoli is a terrific rider. The Disappointers: Breeders’ Cup Jockeys to Avoid at the Windows. He’s won Santa Anita’s stakes the last two weekends for me and we’ve won a lot of races together. “You can feel it. All starters will carry 121 pounds. Also-eligible: A Bit of Both (Santana Jr., 122), Ambassador Luna (Julien Leparoux, 122) and Fashionable Lady (Drayden Van Dyke, 122). Pletcher was asked if an impending rain storm in Louisville might cause their sweet notes to be canceled Thursday morning. BROOKLYN STRONG – Mark Schwartz’s Brooklyn Strong, who posted his final work Monday morning at Parx before vanning overnight to Churchill Downs, walked the shedrow of barn 41 and is expected to make his first trip to the track Thursday morning  Trainer Danny Velazquez arrived in Louisville at 11 a.m. Wednesday to saddle his first Kentucky Derby starter from his Philadelphia base. “Last May, when she came up from Florida, she was obviously only 2 but she got off the van and was like ‘Great, OK, this is where I live now,’” Atras said. “A few years later we started being stabled next to each other and starting helping each other out.”. MALATHAAT – Friday’s Kentucky Oaks morning-line favorite, the Curlin filly Malathaat, went trackside at 6 a.m. Wednesday and galloped a mile and a quarter under exercise rider Amelia Green. Thanks to the kind folks at Equibase, the record shows that – to date – Sadler has given Rosario a leg up on 1,007 horses, won 242 races with him and earned $20,886,898 in purses. Competitive Speed is 50-1 on the morning line, “but she doesn’t know that,” Minchello said. Fortunately, it was a false alarm and Neila recovered quickly. “She’s coming off of a really nice win, probably her best race to date, and she’s coming out of it really good, mentally and physically. So we’ll try her back against her again in the Unbridled Sidney.”. Do not mistake that for a return to normal for Castellano or for thoroughbred racing. Three of the colts formed a trio for the 7:30-7:45 special Kentucky Derby/Kentucky Oaks training session in order to get in their licks, each going for a mile and a quarter gallop around the big Churchill Downs oval. Second in a series of stories on jockeys and their performances in the Breeders’ Cup, set for Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.. By Noel Michaels They were riding and training champs together at Del Mar in 2009 and won races – and stakes races – in bunches at all three of the Southern California tracks. Now, it’s turned into a reality which he gets to celebrate with his family. Russia’s vaccine diplomacy sows discord across Europe. COACH, TRAVEL COLUMN – Kueber Racing’s Coach and OXO Equine’s Travel Column had their penultimate gallop prior to Friday’s Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI). Trainer Todd Pletcher was a most interested observer trackside just inside the six-furlong gap. The 36-year-old Rosario is a native of the Dominican Republic and was that country’s leading rider four years in a row starting at the age of 15 before heading to California and taking on tougher competition. “She had a good gallop this morning,” said trainer Bill Mott, whose Churchill Downs headquarters has been Barn 19 since 1980 and from which he has sent out the majority of his 735 winners beneath the Twin Spires. Gulfstream paused racing on March 20, so Castellano stayed in New York. I put him up on his first winner at Hollywood Park – he came through a hole that I didn’t think possible in order to do it -- and we were off and running from there.”. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track. The undefeated Malathaat was made the 5-2 favorite for the nine-furlong Oaks and will have Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez as her pilot. “He was isolated from his family and, like a lot of people, needed to work,” Panagot said. His father, who died in 2000, his uncle and a brother all have been jockeys. Still, Castellano’s convalescence could have been worse. Trainer: Chad Brown. “The thing about Medina Spirit is he’s an overachiever,” Baffert said. LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS UPDATE – Cypress Creek Equine’s Ava’s Grace has been scratched from the Kentucky Oaks field is and is being sent to Hagyard Equine Medical Institute for a full evaluation, according to her trainer Robertino Diodoro. “The Breeders’ Cup, you just draw a line through, because she got caught on the front end, and it was just too fast. He’s had excuses. “She ran a big race in the Ashland,” Weaver said. Instead of 150,000 people filling the grandstands on Long Island, there will be no spectators and only a bare-bones staff of grooms, trainers and assistant starters who will wear masks and practice social distancing. “I was going to do it on a race day, but with the rain in the forecast, I didn’t want to do it then,” Oliver said. What had he learned from a harrowing three months? This week, the Belmont Stakes will hardly be the Test of the Champion that horse racing aficionados have come to know and love. “I was asymptomatic all along. Instead of its grueling mile-and-a-half distance, the race has been shortened to a mile and an eighth. BOURBONIC, DYNAMIC ONE, KNOWN AGENDA, SAINTHOOD – The Derby Quartet, a friendly foursome that hopes to play a winning tune Saturday in Kentucky Derby 147, was busy getting in their practice Wednesday morning under the watchful eye of bandleader Todd Pletcher, who doubles as one of America’s leading horse trainers. Now, she’ll be one of the favorites in the 11th running of the $150,000 Unbridled Sidney, the 5 ½-furlong co-feature on the Matt Winn Turf Course at Churchill Downs on Thursday. It wasn’t (jockey) David’s (Cohen) fault, but he got hung four or five wide and when it looked like he was about to make a move, he just hung. “He’s been working really good,” trainer Robertino Diodoro said. 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