![]() ![]() “We felt confident the horse was in good order or we wouldn’t have been out there twice in the last six days, but you still want to make sure everything went smoothly and we’re happy everything did go well.” ![]() “There’s protocols in place and we had to adhere to those and we’re happy that everything went smoothly,” Pletcher said. In order to be removed from the list, the colt had to work in front of a state veterinarian and give a blood sample afterward, the results of which take five days. ![]() “It seems like everything is in good order.”įorte was placed on a mandatory 14-day veterinary list after being scratched from the Derby because of a bruised right front foot. “It seems like he’s maintained his fitness level,” Pletcher said. It was the colt’s second workout since being scratched from the Derby on May 6. Under regular rider Irad Ortiz Jr., Forte worked five-eighths of a mile for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. NEW YORK - Forte, the early Kentucky Derby favorite who was scratched on the day of the race, worked out in preparation for a possible start in the Belmont Stakes on June 10. Crowded Trade paid $3.80 for show and got 20 points and Weyburn earned 10 points for fourth. Ridden by Kendrick Carmouche, Bourbonic covered 1 1/8 mile in 1.54.49 and paid $146.50, $40.40 and $11.40.ĭynamic One returned $15.40 and $9.20 and earned 40 Derby points. The son of Bernardini-Dancing Fleet by Afleet Alex earned his third career victory in the past four starts and the biggest of his career, making a possible big step toward the 147th Derby on May 1 at Churchill Downs. 3 post and trailed the field entering the final turn before charging forward at the top of the stretch on the outside and past multiple horses before catching Dynamic One and nipping him at the wire. The colt trained by Todd Pletcher entered the nine-horse Grade 2 field as the most experienced, with five starts, but was making his stakes debut. Bourbonic, a 72-1 long shot, stormed from the rear entering the stretch to edge Dynamic One by a head to win the $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on Saturday and earn 100 points toward the Kentucky Derby. ![]()
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