Tuesday Morning Notes
– Trainer Larry Jones said Proud Spell has only a 15 percent chance of entering the Derby. Salute the Sarge is also likely out, which bumps Bob Black Jack up into the field, and puts Tomcito tantalizingly close to a post.
– Pyro breezed six furlongs at Keeneland in company with stakes winner Noonmark, but no official time was given due to dense fog that obscured the track. “He worked well, but there was no way of knowing how fast he went,” said assistant trainer Scott Blasi. “[Clockers] wanted to make up times, this or that, but there was no way anybody clocked him. He worked outstanding” (ThoroTimes). Pyro will ship to Churchill Tuesday.
– Jockey Edgar Prado and trainer Carl Nafzger are elected to the Hall of Fame, in their first appearance on the ballot.
– Jay Cronley one-liner: “Value is defined in handicapping as an obvious loser with a tempting price.”
– The NY Times launches The Rail, a Triple Crown blog.
– Curlin gets back to work.
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