On a busy Friday morning at Churchill Downs, 138 horses recorded a published workout with GI Preakness Stakes possible Silent Tactic (Tacitus) headlining a group which also included the G1 Dubai World Cup hero Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}).
The former, scratched from the Kentucky Derby due to an ongoing battle with a foot bruise, breezed four furlongs in :48.80 (48/111) for trainer Mark Casse.
“He worked at 5:29 [a.m.], and I saw the video at 5:30,” Casse said by phone from his main base in Ocala, Fla. “I thought he worked very well. I was happy. Had good energy galloping out. That's what I wanted to see. Now let's just see how he is. That's the first time we put pressure on that foot since it started bothering him. Right now, I'd say there's a decent shot he's going to go to the Preakness.
“I saw what I needed to see today, but I don't want to 100 percent commit,” he added. “I want to see what tomorrow brings and how he reacts to this work. I went ahead and gave him some company for that reason. He worked with a pretty nice older horse called Aristotle, a multiple allowance winner.”
Another Preakness probable Corona de Oro (Bolt d'Oro) posted a five-furlong work in :59.80 for Dallas Stewart.
Also out Friday morning was the aforementioned Brad Cox-trained Hit Show, who also worked a half-mile over the main track in :48.40.
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