Vegso Racing Steady’s Lord Miles has returned to Gulfstream Park, the place the April 8 Wooden Memorial Stakes (G2) upset winner will start preparation for a begin within the Might 6 Kentucky Derby (G1) the morning of April 13.
“He is had a few straightforward days. He obtained again to Gulfstream Sunday. He will go beneath tack tomorrow,” coach Saffie Joseph Jr. stated April 12. “We’ll construct him up from there.”
Lord Miles, who pulled off a 59-1 shocker over favored Hit Present by a nostril whereas racing 1 1/8 miles for the primary time within the Wooden, is more likely to full his severe Derby preparation at Gulfstream earlier than delivery to Churchill Downs.
“He’ll have two works. I would need to say in all probability each at Gulfstream. We’ll see how the climate is. He’ll in all probability work on Fridays, so he’ll in all probability ship on a Saturday or Sunday (earlier than the Kentucky Derby),” Joseph stated.
Recent off a profitable Championship Meet title protection, Joseph deflected credit score for Lord Miles’ extensively surprising victory at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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“The most important secret is: the higher the horse, the simpler it’s. That is the truth of it,” he stated. “Typically we are inclined to overcomplicate issues, however there are not any two methods about it, the higher the horse, the extra errors you can also make and nonetheless have success.”
Joseph expressed “satisfaction” for serving to outstanding proprietor Peter Vegso get his first Kentucky Derby contender.
“Peter Vegso has given us horses for about two years now. He is given us extra horses. He is by no means been to the Derby. He is had a Breeders’ Cup winner, however he is by no means been to the Derby, so it provides us quite a lot of satisfaction,” stated Joseph of Lord Miles’ proprietor, who celebrated Unmatched Belle ‘s 2010 Breeders’ Cup Girls’ Basic (G1) victory at Churchill Downs with co-owner Gary Seidler.
Lord Miles’s Wooden victory was his first in 4 begins following a powerful 5 3/4 size debut victory Nov. 19.
“We had been excited together with his coaching going into the race. When he broke his maiden very properly, we thought we had a extremely good horse. We figured with extra distance he would get higher,” Joseph stated.
The son of Curlin did not dwell as much as expectations in his subsequent three races whereas ending third within the Jan. 1 Mucho Macho Man Stakes, sixth within the Holy Bull Stakes (G3), and fifth within the Tampa Bay Derby (G3).
“The Mucho Macho Man was an OK run however not what we wished. We anticipated him to win and he ran third. The Holy Bull was when all the things went the other way up. We put blinkers on him that day. That race took away some confidence. It put some doubt in your head,” stated Joseph, who subsequently eliminated the blinkers for his subsequent begin. “I assumed at Tampa his race was higher than it appeared. We dropped again after which got here again on. That gave us confidence to present him yet one more attempt within the Wooden.”
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