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Orb the winning horse of the Kentucky Derby is prepped and ready to take on the Preakness winning horse Oxbow in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
Orb's trainer Shug McGaughey declared his colt ready for another race!
“If he has a good week, he’s a go,” McGaughey said Sunday morning at Belmont Park after Orb worked 4 furlongs in 48.30 seconds with exercise rider Jenn Patterson aboard.
“He came off the track playing a little bit. He’s been eating well all week. Patterson guided Orb back into his barn saying she was “very happy” with the work.
“He did everything very easily,” she said. “I didn't have to encourage him at all. He was very happy doing it.”
Working in company with Hymn Book, Orb covered the ground as effortlessly as he had in previous works leading up to the Derby and the Preakness, galloping out 5 furlongs in 1:00.48.
McGaughey said racing circumstances might have played a role in Orb’s fourth-place finish in the Preakness.
He said breaking from the inside post at Pimlico, a slow pace, and the fact Orb was unable to get outside and find running room made it more difficult.
http://www.thisweekingambling.com/n...-derby-winner-orb-all-set-for-belmont-stakes/
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Orb's trainer Shug McGaughey declared his colt ready for another race!
“If he has a good week, he’s a go,” McGaughey said Sunday morning at Belmont Park after Orb worked 4 furlongs in 48.30 seconds with exercise rider Jenn Patterson aboard.
“He came off the track playing a little bit. He’s been eating well all week. Patterson guided Orb back into his barn saying she was “very happy” with the work.
“He did everything very easily,” she said. “I didn't have to encourage him at all. He was very happy doing it.”
Working in company with Hymn Book, Orb covered the ground as effortlessly as he had in previous works leading up to the Derby and the Preakness, galloping out 5 furlongs in 1:00.48.
McGaughey said racing circumstances might have played a role in Orb’s fourth-place finish in the Preakness.
He said breaking from the inside post at Pimlico, a slow pace, and the fact Orb was unable to get outside and find running room made it more difficult.
http://www.thisweekingambling.com/n...-derby-winner-orb-all-set-for-belmont-stakes/
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