Chad Brown's Grade I Brigade Works at Saratoga

Five of Chad Brown's Grade I-winning brigade hit the work tab at Saratoga over the weekend, led by MGISW Raging Sea (Curlin) and MGISW Spirit of St Louis (Medaglia d'Oro).

Heading out Friday in her first work since pulling the upset in the GI La Troienne on Kentucky Derby weekend, Raging Sea was clocked doing four furlongs over the Oklahoma training track in :49.25 (8/32) while in company with GSW & MGISP Occult (Into Mischief). She is being pointed to the GI Ogden Phipps June 6 during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival while plans for Occult are still in the works.

“Raging Sea is doing fine, and she's on target for the Ogden Phipps,” Brown said. “She came out of the race well and settled in here fine. She's had a good history here. For her to win a Grade I off the layoff, I was pretty impressed. She's had a great career so far. Hopefully she continues it.”

Also working that morning was Brown's Klaravich Stables-owned pair of GISW Ways and Means (Practical Joke) and MGISW Randomized (Nyquist). Both worked solo half-miles, the former clocked in :50.23 (8/24) and the latter in :51 flat (20/24), and showed Brown what he wanted to see from them. Randomized is on target for the Ogden Phipps as Ways and Means is pointed to the GII Bed O' Roses on the same day.

“Randomized might have needed her run, and in the past, she's done better with a race under her belt,” said Brown. “Ways and Means is doing fine.”

Spirit of St Louis led the procession Saturday morning, covering a half-mile alone in :49.25 (8/32) as he continued his preparations for an intended tilt in the GI Resorts World Casino Manhattan Stakes June 7.

“He did fine [in the work] and came out of his big win [in the GI Old Forester Turf Classic, May 3] in good shape, so he's headed to the Manhattan,” Brown said.

“He's certainly over-achieved, he's a very solid horse and I respect him a lot. He's developed into one of the top turf horses in the country, which would have been hard to believe a couple of years ago. He's doing good.”

Rounding out the five was 'TDN Rising Star' MGISW Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie) Sunday morning, who had his second work since going briefly to the sidelines after a dull effort in the GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in early April. He also worked a half-mile alone in :51.50. Brown said there were no immediate plans for him, and that they were also in the process of figuring out a path for 'TDN Rising Star' MGISW Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who is also reportedly doing well.

With five of his seven Grade I winners currently stabled at Saratoga having gone out this past weekend, Brown is still eyeing a start in the GIII Pennine Ridge Stakes June 7 for Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) despite the ridgling's absence from the work tab since his win May 3 in the GI American Turf Stakes.

“He missed a little bit of time with a foot issue, but I think we have it resolved,” Brown said. “He's back on the track now, so we'll see if we can still make the Pennine Ridge.”