Sandman, Burnham Square tries grass in Nashville Derby

The $ 3.5 million offered in the Nashville Derby Invitational Stakes (G3T) attracted a distribution of intriguing characters to Kentucky Downs August 30. Three first -year winners, three additional winners and several increased runners all come from different ways.

The attention seizures on a first glance of the 12 -long overflow field are Sandman And Burnham Square Winners of the grade 1 land races on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail, making their lawn beginnings.

The two coaches, Mark breaks for Sandman and Ian Wilkes for Burnham Square, have always thought that their trainee would perceive well on the surface if he had the right opportunity, that the 1 5/16 miles could provide.

Sandman’s Bernardini Demi-sister, She can’t sing was a triple winner of participations on the grass, and the Carpet Colt belonging to DJ Stable, St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and CJ Stables seems to have taken pleasure in his pair of lawn works Saratoga racing lessonsOklahoma training track. Now, all you have to do is make an affinity for the single course with scanning turns while the runners move up as a rise and downhill.

“I think the two works were really good; he moved well,” said broken. “When you go there (at Kentucky Downs), it’s so different. You don’t know until you watch them run. Some love it and others no.”

Burnham Square by Whitham Whitham Breeds has not yet been lez on the grass of his career, but has been working on Synthetic at Skylight Training Center since mid-May. His Scat Daddy dam, Linda was a 2nd year winner on Grass and won the Kentucky Downs course during his career.

Mountain road Has buddy come back after having made its first two departures on the surface in Ireland before becoming an earth horse in America this season. Amo Racing USA made the suggestion to try Turf again in coach Chad Brown, who was impressed by his five -ball work in 1: 00.91 on the Oklahoma Turf course on August 17.

“I know he started (in Europe). He never trained as if he had turned a lot. But I was quite impressed with his lawn work,” said Brown. “It was the owner’s suggestion to run it, and after watching him break, he was right. It is worth taking a hit.”

Meanwhile, Amerman Racing Stables’ Test score is a merchandise proven on the grass with a grade 1 and two placement victory of grade 1 during its last three departures for Graham Motion. However, this experience only makes him the choice of 4-1 seconds on the morning line while the Gredley family Wimbledon Hawkeye made its first departure outside of Great Britain as a 7-2 favorite.

A winner of group 2 to 2, the son of Kamale Mamö run in the best company this year. For his efforts, he won four rankings noted for coach James Owen. Frankie Detti goes from the door of door 12 by far 12.

Two other runners from Kentucky Derby join the field in Juddmonte Final gambit and Winchell Poroughbreds and Coolmore Tiztastic . The two horses ran twice on the grass from the derby and failed to receive an appropriate pace to support their late kicks in one or the other departure.

Tiztastic showed an affinity for the course of Kentucky Downs, going 2 for 2 with a victory in challenges during last year’s meeting.

A certain rhythm could potentially come from St. Elias Stable’s Noble confessor Who took a first door to film in Saratoga on July 24. Showing a talent before his first victory – Being Grade 2, placed last fall and beaten only 2 1/4 in length in the Jevénile Turf of the Breeders’ Cup (G1T) – The trip of 1 3/16 miles seemed to play his strength. The coach of the reproductive temple Todd Plertcher thinks that the additional distance on Saturday will only contribute more.

“He has always been an impressive horse in his training,” said Plantcher. “He comes out of a young girl’s victory, can finally stretch a little. I think he has always looked for more distance.”

Stable Racing ironhorse and TNT Equine Holdings’ Tomsello also showed that a affinity was close to the rhythm. At 20-1 on the morning line for breakage, the son of Authentic Get out of a victory in the 1 1/8 Mile Kentucky Downs seen from the Nashville derby held at Ellis Park August 2.

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