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Godolphin's hopefuls work early

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

If I have learned one thing since arriving at Santa Anita, it's this: If you want to see the Godolphin horses train you had better plan on getting up early. Very early.

Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Travers next up for Quality Road

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

On Monday morning, the Saratoga barn area was abuzz over Rachel Alexandra and her jaw-dropping performance the previous afternoon in the Grade 1 Haskell.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2009

Smashing return for Quality Road

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

Just when it appeared there wasn't a 3-year-old in the country who could touch Rachel Alexandra, along comes Quality Road.

Story | Conversation | August 03, 2009

Tough spot for Quality Road

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

Most of the focus in Monday's $150,000 Amsterdam at Saratoga will be on the return of Quality Road, the leader of the 3-year-old division before being sidelined by a foot injury in the weeks leading up to the Kentucky Derby.

Story | Conversation | August 01, 2009

'Forever' seeks Diana repeat

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

Forever Together and her trainer, Jonathan Sheppard, were out at the Oklahoma training track seemingly forever on Wednesday morning.

Story | Conversation | July 29, 2009

One last look reveals some clues

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

All 20 Kentucky Derby starters went to the track Thursday at Churchill Downs - one last chance to see the field for this year's Derby before making a final assessment. There were a few surprises, both good and bad, in the offing.

Story | Conversation | April 30, 2009

Dunkirk gets his first gallop at Churchill

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

All the important work is over, the post positions have been drawn, and now it's just a matter of keeping all 20 starters for this year's Kentucky Derby happy and healthy over the next 72 hours.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2009

Zenyatta heads battle of unbeatens

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

Only races the magnitude of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks could prevent the undefeated champion Zenyatta from being the center of attention when she makes her much-anticipated 2009 debut in the $350,000 Louisville.

Story | Conversation | April 28, 2009

Morning proves study in contrasts

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

The Godolphin pair of Desert Party and Regal Ransom were definitely the stars of Saturday but were a contrast in styles themselves despite turning in similar work and gallop-out times.

Story | Conversation | April 25, 2009

Strong drill for Dunkirk in Florida

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

On April 18, 2008, Big Brown worked five furlongs shortly after dawn in the near anonymity of the Palm Meadows Training Center here. Two weeks later, Big Brown was standing in the winner's circle at Churchill Downs after the Kentucky Derby.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2009

Square Eddie jogs, Desert Party schools

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

Following a whirlwind morning on Tuesday that featured workouts by five potential Kentucky Derby starters, including possible favorites I Want Revenge and Pioneerof the Nile, Wednesday was the calm after the storm.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2009

General Quarters' work leaves questions

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

Setting the alarm clock early paid real dividends on Thursday morning at Churchill Downs, in light of the fact that the vast majority of the Kentucky Derby contenders were out and back to the barn by 7:45 a.m. including the session's lone worker.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2009

Summer Bird could regress

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

Both the weather and the activity level coming into Kentucky Derby 135 are really beginning to heat up at Churchill Downs, where the temperature rose into the 70s before the end of training hours on Friday morning.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2009

Friesan Fire works a mile

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

Friesan Fire will have had seven weeks off when he steps into the starting gate for the 2009 Kentucky Derby.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2009

Pioneerof the Nile a demon on dirt

Mike Welsch, Daily Racing Form

As inevitably happens when several trainers choose to work their Kentucky Derby starters on the same morning, they also choose to send them out at almost exactly the same time.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2009
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