Longtime trainer Christophe Clement won’t have his first Kentucky Derby (G1) contender, after all.
Track Phantom
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Trainer Steve Asmussen made the eight-hour trip from Oaklawn Park to Churchill Downs to watch a bunch of his horses work on Sunday, including Risen Star (G2) runner-up Track Phantom.
Track Phantom breezed 5 furlongs in 1:00.80 with jockey Tyler Gaffalione aboard. The colt worked in company with stablemate Carbone.
Blinkers were on TRACK PHANTOM (outside) this morning who worked in company with CARBONE (inside) for HOF trainer Steve Asmussen.
🏇 5 furlongs
⏱️ 1:00.80 pic.twitter.com/1q2mRkVlWv— TwinSpires Racing 🏇 (@TwinSpires) April 21, 2024
Asmussen reported that Track Phantom, with a 7-3-2-1 record, will wear blinkers for the first time in the Derby.
Gaffalione also worked Asmussen’s Oaks contender Our Pretty Woman (5 furlongs, 1:00).
Top Baffert 3-year-olds work at Santa Anita
Six-time Derby winning trainer Bob Baffert will miss his third straight Run for the Roses as his suspension by Churchill Downs, Inc., continues, but his 3-year-olds are working toward their next start – likely the Preakness (G1) on May 18.
Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth worked 5 furlongs in 1:00.20, while Santa Anita Derby (G1) runner-up Imagination worked 4 furlongs in 48.00.
Baffert was suspended by CDI after his 2021 first-place finisher Medina Spirit tested positive for a race-day overage of a medication. None of the horses he trains were allowed to earn Derby qualifying points.