Schoolyard Dreams, who finished ahead of winner Super Saver
in the Tampa Bay Derby (gr. III), fired a bullet five-furlong work in
:59 3/5 at Monmouth Park with jockey Eibar Coa in the irons. It was
fastest of 12 works at the distance the morning of May 6 and left
trainer Derek Ryan brimming with confidence heading into Preakness
Stakes (gr. I) May 15.
“The work went perfect,” said Ryan, who finished third in the 2009 Preakness with Musket Man.
“Finally got something to go right; if we could only get a race to go
like this. I’m coming there to win it. I don’t want to be second or
third again.
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