Pletcher's Donn Quartet on Track

Trainer Todd Pletcher sent his four contenders for the Feb. 7 GI Donn H. out to work four furlongs at Palm Beach Downs Sunday morning. The lightly raced Liam's Map (Unbridled's Song), coming off a win in the Dec. 13 Harlan's Holiday S., went the distance in company with GIII Razorback H. winner Golden Lad (Medaglia d'Oro) in :47.81. “He's proud of himself,” Pletcher said of the Teresa Viola Racing Stables runner. “He looks good. He's carrying his conditioning well. He put in a good breeze this morning. He's a very good work horse.” 

Last year's GI Besilu Florida Derby winner Constitution (Tapit) breezed a half-mile in :49.01. “I thought it was a pretty good breeze, typical of what we see from him,” Pletcher said. “Javier [Castellano] worked him. He seems to get along well with him. They went away easy, finished up well and galloped out strong. It was what we were hoping to see. He's an ambitious work horse, so we didn't want to do too much with him.” Constitution, owned by WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing Stables, has been off since running third in the GI Clark H. last November. 

WinStar Farm's Commissioner (A.P. Indy), second in last year's GI Belmont S., worked in :48.58 in company with Tropical Park Oaks winner Sandiva (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}). “I thought he worked very well,” Pletcher said. “He's not exactly like Constitution. He's not a tremendously willing work horse. For him, I thought it was a spirited work.” In his only start since the Belmont, Commissioner was a close-up third in a Jan. 10 Gulfstream allowance. 

Rounding out the quartet, Sumaya U.S. Stable's Protonico (Giant's Causeway), runner-up behind Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday) in the Clark, worked in :47.93 in company with Race Day (Tapit).