Fort Larned Breezes
May 25, 2013 17:36:32 GMT -5
Post by Evelyn on May 25, 2013 17:36:32 GMT -5
I know we have one fan here and was holding my breath reading that Calvin worked the horse! But then, I read the last line! All A-OK cc!
Fort Larned Breezes at Churchill Downs
By Claire Novak
Trainer Ian Wilkes sent 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Fort Larned through a five-furlong breeze in :59 4/5 May 24 at Churchill Downs, continuing to prepare the big bay runner for a start in the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I).
Under Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel, Fort Larned ran splits of :12 4/5, :25, and :37 1/5. Churchill clockers caught him galloping out six furlongs in 1:11 4/5, seven furlongs in 1:24 2/5, and a mile in 1:38 3/5. It was the third fastest work of 21 at the distance on the day.
"He worked well and everything looks good," Wilkes said of Janis Whitham's homebred son of E Dubai . "He's acting good; he's like normal."
Fort Larned, who upset the Breeders' Cup Classic at 9-1 and who also won the 2012 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I), got the year off to an eventful start when he stumbled leaving the gate and dropped jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. in the March 9 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II).
"We had a couple hiccups earlier this year and now we are looking to restart our year and point everything to the Breeders' Cup," Wilkes said.
Hernandez gets the mount in the 1 1/8-mile Stephen Foster June 15, according to the trainer.
Read more on BloodHorse.com: www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/78472/fort-larned-breezes-at-churchill-downs#ixzz2ULXyrJDi
Fort Larned Breezes at Churchill Downs
By Claire Novak
Trainer Ian Wilkes sent 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Fort Larned through a five-furlong breeze in :59 4/5 May 24 at Churchill Downs, continuing to prepare the big bay runner for a start in the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I).
Under Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel, Fort Larned ran splits of :12 4/5, :25, and :37 1/5. Churchill clockers caught him galloping out six furlongs in 1:11 4/5, seven furlongs in 1:24 2/5, and a mile in 1:38 3/5. It was the third fastest work of 21 at the distance on the day.
"He worked well and everything looks good," Wilkes said of Janis Whitham's homebred son of E Dubai . "He's acting good; he's like normal."
Fort Larned, who upset the Breeders' Cup Classic at 9-1 and who also won the 2012 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I), got the year off to an eventful start when he stumbled leaving the gate and dropped jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. in the March 9 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II).
"We had a couple hiccups earlier this year and now we are looking to restart our year and point everything to the Breeders' Cup," Wilkes said.
Hernandez gets the mount in the 1 1/8-mile Stephen Foster June 15, according to the trainer.
Read more on BloodHorse.com: www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/78472/fort-larned-breezes-at-churchill-downs#ixzz2ULXyrJDi
