Mrs. Susan Roy and Vinery Stables’ Awesome Act worked six furlongs
in company in 1:12.60 with jockey Julien Leparoux up after the morning
renovation break at Churchill Downs.Working in company with Peace Town,
Awesome Act produced fractions of :12.60, :25, :36.80, :48.60, 1:02 and
out seven furlongs in 1:26.80.
He went very well for his first work over the track and I was very
happy with it,” Leparoux said. “They wanted to go in around 1:12, which
he did. He handled the track well.”
Awesome Act broke off a couple of lengths behind Peace Town and
tracked him to the stretch where he surged past at the eighth pole.
Peace Town was timed in 1:13.80 for the distance.
Trainer Jeremy Noseda, still unable to get a flight out of England
because of the volcanic ash spewing from Iceland, got an immediate
update on the work from assistant Wayne Tanner.“I told him I was happy
with the breeze and he’s happy if I’m happy,” Tanner said. “He will
probably come back and work three-eighths or a half-mile next Tuesday
or Wednesday; just something to let him open up his lungs a little bit.”