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Just a soundbite of Chad Brown, trainer of Sierra Leone, talking about part-owner Brook T Smith of Louisville.
Louisville's Brook T. Smith after watching Sierra Leone train for the first time at Churchill Downs Monday morning: 'I almost thought about creating a challenge. If we could just get 150 owners, or 150 horses, and 1% of that 150 (gets donated to the Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs), since it's Derby 150, that moves a bigger needle than people realize.' You won't get a bigger platform than now. So it started! 'You heard me. That was kind of a challenge, I guess. Let's find 150 horses running at Churchill and winning money and let's ask those owners to think about 1 percent....' The Derby winner's total purse will be about $3.1 million out of the total purse of $5 million for the Kentucky Derby presented by @woodfordreserve
Video starts with b-roll of Keeneland's G1 Toyota Blue Grass winner Sierra Leone, in whom Louisville philanthropist and entrepreneur Brook Smith owns 16 percent.
Bill Mott, astride his pony, gave the media time between sets to discuss the works by his Derby contender and Wood Memorial winner Resilience and his 2-year-old filly champion and Oaks contender Just F Y I. Interview with jockey Junior Alvarado here: https://youtu.be/QfIdL9EPmd4 Here are the work descriptions courtesy Churchill Downs' Kevin Kerstein in his daily update: Emily Bushnell and Ric Waldman’s Resilience had a serious tune up for Kentucky Derby 150 Monday with a five-furlong move in 1:01.60 under jockey Junior Alvarado, who has the mount in the “Run for the Roses.” Resilience galloped about one-mile before he worked Monday at 9 a.m. The winner of the Wood Memorial (GII) breezed an opening quarter-mile in :25.80 and easily galloped out six furlongs in 1:14.60, according to Churchill Downs Clocker John Nichols. George Krikorian’s Ashland (GI) runner-up Just F Y I returned to the work tab Monday with a sharp five furlong breeze in :59.80 at Churchill Downs. Trained by Bill Mott, Just F Y I cruised through opening eighth-mile fractions of :12.20, :24.20 and :36 before galloping out six furlongs in 1:12.20 and seven furlongs in 1:25.40. She completed one mile in 1:40.20 while remaining in hand under jockey Junior Alvarado.
The media (the start of what will be increasingly large gaggles) spoke with jockey Junior Alvarado after he worked Resilience and Just FYI. Video starts with work video. Thanks to Kevin Kerstein for the video shot from the frontside. Bill Mott interview at this link: https://youtu.be/thIgTZgOiKw
Michael McMillan's Where's My Ring, winner of Aqueduct's 1 1/8-mile Gazelle (G3) after finishing second in Santa Anita's Santa Ysabel (G3), had a little breeze through the stretch (official time 24 seconds) Sunday at Churchill Downs in advance of the Kentucky Oaks. Afterward we spoke with trainer Val Brinkerhoff, who is trying to relocate a string of horses to Kentucky. Val is based much of the year in Southern California, but spends the winter in St. George, Utah, at the Dixie Downs training center that he says is ideal for getting young horses ready for the races. Jose Lezcano, aboard for the Gazelle, has the Oaks mount on Where's My Ring.
Video of the Steve Asmussen-trained Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) runner-up Our Pretty Woman working five-eighths of a mile in 1:00 for the Kentucky Oaks with her stakes-winner stablemate Otto the Conqueror Sunday morning at Churchill Downs shortly after the track opened. In the next set, Risen Star (G2) runner-up and Louisiana Derby fourth-place finisher Track Phantom breezed five furlongs in 1:00.80 with stablemate Carbone for the Kentucky Derby. From today's Derby update by Churchill Downs' Kevin Kerstein (who also supplied the workout video shot from the front side): ... With jockey Tyler Gaffalione in the saddle, Track Phantom worked outside his stablemate Carbone at 5:45 a.m. ET. The duo cruised an opening quarter-mile in a modest :26.20 but galloped out six furlongs in a solid 1:13.60, according to Churchill Downs Clocker John Nichols. Track Phantom’s final three-furlongs was a sharp :34.60. Owned by L and N Racing, Clark Brewster, Jerry Caroom and Breeze Easy, Track Phantom is scheduled to add blinkers for the first time in the Kentucky Derby, according to Asmussen. About 20 minutes earlier, Gaffalione was aboard Courtlandt Farm’s Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) hopeful Our Pretty Woman who breezed five furlongs in 1:00. The Asmussen trainee worked outside her stakes-winning 3-year-old stablemate Otto the Conqueror through an opening quarter-mile of :25 and completed six furlongs in 1:12.60, according to Nichols. Asmussen’s exercise rider Carmen Rosas was aboard both workmates. Video interview with Asmussen about the works at this link https://youtu.be/2g3vFAwdirw
Fresh off driving all night after Saturday's races at Oaklawn Park, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen was at Churchill Downs dark and early Sunday morning for workouts for his Kentucky Derby contender Track Phantom (5 furlongs in 1:00.80 in company with Carbone) and Kentucky Oaks contender Our Pretty Woman (5 furlongs in 1:00 in company with stakes-winner Otto the Conquerer. We caught up with Asmussen during Churchill Downs' second track renovation break. Video from both works at this link https://youtu.be/v_1gV0V9Q6w
Eric Foster worked his 3-year-old filly duo of Turfway Park's Bourbonette winner Everland and Cincinnati Trophy winner Maxisuperfly at Keeneland for their upcoming stakes appearances at Churchill Downs. Everland, claimed out of a $30,000 maiden-claiming race, is scheduled for the Kentucky Oaks, while Maxisuperfly could run in the Eight Belles or the Edgewood on turf. The fillies were clocked working five furlongs in 1:03.80. Foster said the time was immaterial, that he just wanted to see how Everland, who was stabled at Turfway, worked for the first time on dirt. Jockey Abel Cedillo was aboard with exercise rider Alfonzo Dominguez on Maxisuperfly.
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We met trainer Val Brinkerhoff and his wife, Kelly, this morning at Churchill Downs, where they’re preparing Where’s My Ring for the Kentucky Oaks. We might be seeing a lot more of them: Val is working on relocating a string of horses from California to KY.
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