Workout question - Bernardini
I hope you guys can help me - sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.
Not that it hasn't been obvious, but I'm a HUGE Bernardini fan and I'm anxiously awaiting his return in the Jim Dandy. I see he worked today in a very slow 1:03 and change (breezing). It seems to me that his works since the Preakness have been exceedingly slow - perhaps by design since the Jim Dandy isn't until sometime in the middle/end of July. I don't know anything about workouts and how they are used to prep for a race, so pardon me for asking this: should I be concerned? My initial thought is that Tom Albetrani obviously doesn't want any speed from his colt right now and will ask that of him in the coming weeks. I hope this is the case; I'm very confident in Bernardini, but perhaps the Preakness has taken more out of him than we thought? As good as he is (and he's always been a good workhorse), shouldn't he be going faster than 1:03, even breezing?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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