GI Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist (Uncle Mo) worked four furlongs in :49.20 at Santa Anita just prior to Saturday's first race and trainer Doug O'Neill said the drill was “exactly what we wanted.” Last year's juvenile champion has been off since suffering his first loss when third in the May 21 GI Preakness S. “It was only his second breeze since the Preakness and I like the way he finished,” O'Neill added.
As for where Nyquist will make his next start, O'Neill explained, “Our ultimate goal is the [Nov. 5 GI] Breeders' Cup Classic, so we'll huddle up with the Reddams [Paul and Zillah] and the rest of the team and work backwards from that race. We'll know more as we go along before coming up with a target race. He looked fantastic Sunday morning.”
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