I’m not shocked this happened, but it’s a bit ironic because of how tough things have been. It’s been an up and down winter with him. Then on Sunday they called and said we were in. I think Churchill called him and said we could enter the Pat Day Mile and AE for the Derby. We were thinking Preakness, but then my partner (owner) Mark (Schwartz) told me we could maybe get in the Derby. I was at the OBS sale last weekend and we decided to work him Monday. “Like I’m telling everyone, I have zero pressure. “I’m just excited to be here,” Velazquez said. In his lone start this year, he was fifth in the Wood Memorial Stakes (GII) April 3. That was followed by back to back wins in the Sleepy Hollow Stakes, also for New York-breds, and the Remsen. Bongard Stakes for New York-breds at Belmont. In his second start, he finished third in the Bertram F. Among the horses he beat that day was eventual Florida Derby (GI) winner and fellow Derby hopeful Known Agenda.īrooklyn Strong, trained by 37-year-old former jockey Danny Velazquez, began his career by winning a $40,000 maiden claiming race at Delaware Park in his debut and then quickly moved up the ranks. They got their exercise, they stayed dry and so did their riders and trainer.īROOKLYN STRONG – The Cinderella story of this year’s Kentucky Derby could be that of Mark Schwartz’s Brooklyn Strong, a $5,000 purchase who is getting into the 20-horse field by virtue of the 10 points he earned with his upset victory in the Remsen Stakes (GII) last December at Aqueduct. “We kept it simple out there today get them out, get them around, get them back home safe.” “We’re expecting rain around 7 so we wanted to get ahead of it,” the conditioner said. Twenty minutes later he had Bourbonic (with Ramos aboard) and Sainthood (handled by Amelia Green) trackside for a similar gallop and a quick return to the cozy confines of Barn 42. So rather than wait for the 7:30-7:45 Derby/Oaks special training period as he had been doing in previous days with his Derby foursome, he got them going early.Īt 6 o’clock, he brought out Known Agenda (with exercise rider Hector Ramos in the tack) along with stablemate Dynamic One (with Carlos Perez Quevedo up) and the pair proceeded to gallop nine furlongs over a muddy strip. Steady rain was forecast all morning, but other than a few sprinkles during training hours everyone got their morning activity done before the precipitation began with interest at 9:15.īOURBONIC, DYNAMIC ONE, KNOWN AGENDA, SAINTHOOD – Trainer Todd Pletcher had weather concerns Thursday morning with a sizable rain storm projected to reappear at Churchill Downs in the 7 a.m. LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, April 29, 2021) – Mark Schwartz’s Brooklyn Strong made his first appearance on the track at Churchill Downs Thursday morning, galloping a mile and a half over sloppy conditions caused by heavy overnight rains.
BROOKLYN STRONG GALLOPS AT CHURCHILL DOWNS FOR FIRST TIME DERBY HOPEFULS BEAT THE RAIN BUT NOT THE SLOP
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