Dortmund Works Well, But ‘Dane’ Out of Derby

Trainer Bob Baffert’s GI Santa Anita Derby one-two of ‘TDN Rising Stars’ Dortmund (Big Brown) and One Lucky Dane (Lookin at Lucky) both worked in Arcadia Saturday in anticipation of the GI Kentucky Derby, but only the former will be heading to Churchill. 

Kaleem Shah’s undefeated Dortmund, who also boasts wins in the GI Los Alamitos Futurity, GIII Robert B. Lewis S. and GII San Felipe S., drilled five furlongs in a bullet :58.80. He was joined by unraced 3-year-old filly Game On At Midnite (Midnight Lute), who was clocked in :1:00.80. 

“It was a nice move,” Baffert said. “He was really happy out there. The track was in great shape [Saturday]. He’s happy. There’s no regression [since the Santa Anita Derby].” 

Things did not go as well for Michael Lund Petersen’s One Lucky Dane. After working in :59.20, the bay lost a shoe and was subsequently pulled up by rider Rafael Bejarano. He was brought back to Baffert’s barn via ambulance, and X-rays later revealed the beginning of a condylar fracture in his left front foot that will require surgery and force One Lucky Dane to the sidelines for approximately four months.