Three-year-old doings: Big Brown works; Denis of Cork sidelined
The second half of the three-year old season unofficially kicked off with the Grade 2 Dwyer at Belmont Park on July 6th, and Jimmy Jerkins trainee Mint Lane controlled proceedings throughout in a sharp 2-3/4 length tally.
The speedy son of Maria’s Mon was coming off a six-length romp in the Postponed Stakes, and he set the pace and held the place behind Casino Drive in the Grade 2 Peter Pan earlier this year. He banked $120k in the Dwyer, his 4th career tally.
In other three-year-old news, Big Brown recorded his second workout since his Belmont Stakes adventure, breezing 5f in 1:02-4/5 at the Big A on July 6th. The drill was hardly scintillating but easily bettered his 1:06-3/5 canter last week. The Derby-Preakness winner is preparing for the Grade 1 Haskell at Monmouth Park.
Denis of Cork, 3rd in the Kentucky Derby and runner-up in the Belmont Stakes, will miss the rest of the year due to the onset of a hairline fracture in his left hind leg.
A field of eight is possible for the Grade 2 Swaps at Hollywood Park on July 12th, and my Derby top Colonel John makes his much anticipated return to action. Garrett Gomez will have the mount, and I am expecting big things from the son of Tiznow the rest of the year.
Others gearing up for the nine furlong Swaps are Todd Pletcher’s Grade 2 Lexington hero Behindatthebar, Dixie Chatter, Madeo, Nownownow, Tres Borrachos, Trevor’s Clever, and Two Step Salsa.
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