Reddam Racing's champion and GI Kentucky Derby hero Nyquist (Uncle Mo), beaten just once in eight career starts, will work five furlongs prior to the first race at Santa Anita Saturday, trainer Doug O'Neill said Thursday. The bay will come onto Santa Anita's main track at approximately 3:45 p.m. ET, before the day's first post of 4:30 p.m. ET.
“It's Gold Cup Day at Santa Anita and Paul [Reddam] feels like this is a great opportunity to share Nyquist with all of our fans and to help promote the sport,” said O'Neill. “The horse is doing tremendous. He worked a half mile last Friday and the timing for this work is perfect. Mario [Gutierrez] is going to breeze him and we'll let him gallop out an extra eighth.”
Last Friday, Nyquist posted his first breeze since finishing third in the GI Preakness S. May 21, covering four furlongs in :48.60 (15/32) at Santa Anita. O'Neill told the TDN Monday that he would watch how Nyquist trained in the coming days before reaching a decision with Reddam about a goal race for the summer season.
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