Bobby’ Headlines Triple Crown Trail

Bobby’s Kitten Works for the GI Toyota Blue Grass… 
    Bobby’s Kitten (Kitten’s Joy), the 2013 GIII Pilgrim S. winner and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile third, breezed five panels at Keeneland Saturday in 1:00.20 with Marino Garcia in the irons. The Ken and Sarah Ramsey homebred is the potential favorite for the GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Apr. 12. The Chad Brown trainee sped fractions of :11.80, :23.80, :35.40, 1:00.20 and galloped out in 1:14.80. “I thought he did it nice and easy,” Brown said. “We’ve been trying to get that horse to relax, and he’s doing real well. We’ve been working him by himself and looked like he was real comfortable with the rider the whole way. Hopefully, he is ready to go for next Saturday.” “I don’t think the horse needs to be on the lead in the Blue Grass. It depends who’s in there and what the pace is; I’ll leave it up to [jockey] Javier [Castellano].” 

‘Pablo’ Progressing… 
    Wesley Ward charge Pablo Del Monte (Giant’s Causeway) covered six furlongs in 1:13 also at Keeneland Saturday. Partly owned by Ward, he worked in company with fellow potential GI Blue Grass S. starter Chief Barker (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}). The pair galloped through fractions of :12.20, :24.40, :36.20, :48.40 and were clocked traveling seven furlongs in 1:27.80. “If the weather is like this next week, he’ll win the Blue Grass,” Ward said of the cool temperatures, then added with a laugh, “… And if he breaks well, gets an uncontested lead and gets away with a half in :49 and 4.” 

‘Toast’ Likely to Bypass Derby Bid… 
    Toast of New York (Thewayyouare), winner of the G2 UAE Derby at Meydan Mar. 29, is unlikely to ship to the U.S. for the GI Kentucky Derby, owner Michael Buckley told Racing UK yesterday. The bay colt earned 100 points toward the Kentucky Derby with his victory, however Buckley said he thinks it is too much too soon. 
    “No decisions have been made, but I think it’s fair enough to say I don’t think the concept of going off to Kentucky on the other side of the world and slogging around on the dirt is a fair thing to do with a horse like him. It’s a time when 3-year-olds are growing and maturing and he’s been in hard training the whole year. I just think it will be unfair to do that. I think he might develop even more. He’s a horse with a lot of potential. He’s very good and we think it’s right to give the time to prove how good he is.” 
    Buckley noted that Toast of New York returned to trainer Jamie Osborne’s stable in the UK last Monday, and he was in good order. 
    “He’s in great shape–he’s got a wonderful constitution,” Buckley said. “Obviously it took a lot out of him. He lost 10 kilos in the race and by Monday morning he had put it all back on again and lost a fair bit coming back. It was a hell of an experience for a horse used to going to Wolverhampton where there’s usually not many people there.”