Beating the rain Saturday morning at Belmont Park, trainer Chad Brown worked a trio of his 3-year-olds at 7:40 a.m. with an eye on final-round GI Kentucky Derby preps. Shortly after the works, Brown confirmed that unbeaten GIII Gotham S. winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Shagaf (Bernardini) and GIII Jerome S. hero Flexibility (Bluegrass Cat) will both run in the GI Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Apr. 9.
Working as a team, Shadwell Stable's Shagaf and Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence's Flexibility covered four furlongs on the training track in :48 2/5.
“This is the first week that I worked them together,” Brown said. “Shagaf and Flexibility are generally good work horses. They had plenty left and were well within themselves–pretty even work. That would be a normal half-mile work for them.”
Brown indicated that his other Wood Memorial nominee, 'TDN Rising Star' My Man Sam (Trappe Shot), who worked a half-mile in :50 Saturday at Belmont, will ship Sunday to Keeneland to run in the GI Blue Grass S. Apr. 9. The bay was second to Matt King Coal (Cool Coal Man), who is also aiming for the Wood, in a hot optional claimer at the Big A Mar. 6.
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