4/23: Derby Works & Notes

[Kasept]

Only one worker this morning but lots od activity. Notes from the past 90 minutes.

GENERAL QUARTERS: 1:01..4, galloped out in 1:16.1 on a track that started the morning quicker than it has been the last couple of days. Simply put, it wasn't a great morning for fans of the Blue Grass winner as he labored through the drill.

SQUARE EDDIE and I WANT REVENGE both made very positive appearences on track while galloping. Eddie is just plain good looking and may have gotten exactly what he needed in the Lexington. Revenge seems to be doing very well and looks better and more energetic every day.

MUSKET MAN jogged maybe 3 miles today as Derek Ryan had him go around 3 times. Long, slow efforts like that are stamina-building and likely explains how the Irishman has induced route success out of the sprint- bred Yonaguska son.

WEST SIDE BERNIE was just out here but disappeared. May have gone to the Paddock for a session.

MINE THAT BIRD just ambled by...

There was an incident involving a Dallas Stewart/West Point worker who was in a tandem drill with two others and spooked at the eighth pole trying to jump the fence. The rider went over, bounced off the rail and hit the ground hard but appeared only shaken. Horse was easily gathered by an outrider.

More as the morning progresses or later as I have to go to Lexington in a bit.