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Posted on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Vinery Stables and Fox Hill Farm’s Friesan Fire, a 3-time graded stakes winner this winter at Fair Grounds and one of the leading Kentucky Derby entries, continued his preparation for the $2-million Kentucky Derby 135 (G1) by working 5 furlongs in 1:00.60 on Tuesday morning at Keeneland.
With jockey Gabriel Saez up, Friesan Fire posted fractions of :13, :25, :36.60 and a 24-second clocking through the lane, according to Keeneland clockers.
“He went very well; this was just a prep for Sunday when he will have a long work of a mile,” race horse trainer Larry Jones said.
Jones is following the same formula he has used the past two years with Hard Spun in 2007 and Proud Spell and filly Eight Belles last year: training at Keeneland before shipping to Churchill Downs a week before the Kentucky Oaks (G1) or the Kentucky Derby and having their final works at the Louisville track.
“It has been working OK for us, so there is no reason to change,” race horse trainer Larry Jones said after Friesan Fire’s work over Keeneland’s Polytrack surface that was unaffected by heavy, overnight rain. “That’s why we come here, because we don’t have to worry (about track conditions).”
Tuesday’s work was the second at Keeneland for Friesan Fire since arriving in Lexington after his 7 1/4-length romp in the Louisiana Derby (G2) on March 14. He had worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 on April 8 with Saez up.
“I thought he worked well,” said Saez, who has been Friesan Fire’s regular work rider all this year. “He handles this track well and he is getting better and better all the time.”
Horse racing news edited from www.keeneland.com.
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