Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah and show horse Dortmund galloped at Churchill Downs this morning in their penultimate work before heading to Baltimore.
Preakness preparations continued to the confirmed runners, while the Todd Pletcher barn continued to consider its options.
Luminance — a Grade 1-placed filly trained by Bob Baffert — will likely be favorite in Friday’s G2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
Arnold Zetcher’s Firing Line was game in running second to American Pharoah in the Kentucky Derby. His owner expects another big effort in the Preakness.
A pair of Black-Eyed Susan Stakes hopefuls — Ahh Chocolate and Luminance — posted their final works before the big race.
Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah and show horse Dortmund – both headed to the Preakness – give trainer Bob Baffert two great chances every time out.
Trainer Bob Baffert will receive Monmouth Park’s Raines Award for “integrity [and] service to the sport,” and Get Serious will enter its Hall of Champions.
Dortmund is six-for-six in his career. Will the Kentucky Derby be lucky seven? That’s up to the racing gods, owner Kaleem Shah, a Virginia resident, says.
Speedy Bayern showed a new dimension today, ripping off a 7-lengths win in the Grade 1 Haskell and spoiling filly Untapable’s venture into open company.
The filly Untapable has been installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite for Sunday’s Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.
