Photo: NYRA, Adam Coglianese
Kentucky Derby contender
workouts for today (Monday, Feb. 7)
(with HRN Derby rankings):
Today's Derby contender works featured To Honor and Serve, Tapizar, Jaycito and others, with a bunch of Santa Anita runners getting in their final works before Saturday's Robert B. Lewis (G2).
#2 To Honor And Serve - bullet 5f in 1:00 1/5 at Payson Park. Fountain of Youth probable.
#5 Tapizar – 4f in :49 at Santa Anita for Saturday’s Robert B. Lewis (G2)
#10 Jaycito – 5f in :59 1/5 at Santa Anita for Saturday’s Lewis
#29 Awesome Patriot – Baffert allow winner bulleted 5f in 1:00 4/5 at Santa Anita. Southwest (G3) next.
#37 Silver Medallion – Turf stakes winner went 4f in :49 4/5 at Santa Anita.
#53 Anthony’s Cross – Sham show horse went 5f in :59 3/5 at Santa Anita readying for Saturday’s Lewis.
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Others:
Prime Cut (#60), a FG allowance runner, is entered as main track only on Friday at the Fair Grounds went a slow 4f in :50 2/5; Wine Police (#66) worked 5f in 1:01 4/5 at FG; Wegner (#73) went 1:01 3/5 at Santa Anita for Saturday’s Lewis; Justin Phillip (#144), a disappointing last and 5th in the Lecomte worked a bullet 1:11 4/5 at FG; Lauburu (#92) went 5f in :52.10 over the Palm Meadows turf for Pletcher after running 5th in allowance company; Blue Laser (#149) went a slow 5f in 1:06 over turf at Palm Meadows.