Kentucky Derby Workouts April 21st

2013 #KyDerby Coverage by

Jordyn Burco

Here's the list of Kentucky Derby horses workouts on April 21st.

It was a busy workout morning Sunday for Kentucky Derby and Oaks contenders at Churchill.  Verrazano, the unbeaten Wood Memorial winner, worked five-eighths of a mile in 1:00 1/5 in company with stablemate Authenticity. Verrazano’s clocking was third-fastest of 40 at the distance. He was ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, who rides Oxbow in the Derby. 

Will Take Charge had the only mile work of the morning, going in 1:41 3/5 under jockey Jon Court and in company of a stablemate. 

Calvin Borel rode his newly assigned Derby horse, Revolutionary, for the first time, going four furlongs in 48.8 seconds. The workout pleased both jockey and Pletcher. “Beautiful,” Borel said of the Louisiana Derby winner’s work. “He did everything right, worked good, galloped out good, just what (Pletcher) wanted. Couldn’t ask for no better.” 

Revolutionary working

Normandy Invasion worked four furlongs in 48.4 seconds under exercise rider Javier Herrera. (Shown bellow)

Mylute surprised a lot of people with his half-mile in 47 4/5-second move, which was second-fastest of 81 works at the distance Sunday. He's known to be a lazy work horse, but he certainly was not Sunday. 

Florida Derby winner Orb worked five-eighths of a mile over Payson Park’s deep training surface in 1:02 1/5, galloping out six furlongs in 1:14 4/5. He was clocked the last quarter-mile in a lively 23 4/5 seconds.