Cox Derby Trio Works At Churchill, Renegade Puts In First Drill Down In Florida For Pletcher

Cox Derby Trio Works At Churchill, Renegade Puts In First Drill Down In Florida For Pletcher

With two weeks remaining until the first Saturday in May, trainer Brad Cox's Barn 22 was active Friday morning at Churchill Downs where his trio of contenders recorded their penultimate works for the GI Kentucky Derby. Meanwhile down in Florida on Thursday, Renegade (Into Mischief) got his preparations for the big day underway with his first move since winning the GI Arkansas Derby for trainer Todd Pletcher last month. In Louisville at 5:15 a.m.…

Derby works: Renegade breezes, big names due on track Friday

Arkansas Derby winner Renegade breezed four furlongs in 48.8 seconds at Palm Beach Downs on Thursday morning. It was the third-fastest of 10 works at the distance. The 3-year-old son of Into Mischief is trained by Todd Pletcher. Renegade won the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn on March 28. He previously won the Sam F. Davis Stakes. He has a career record of 5: 2-2-1 with earnings of $1,031,500 for Repole Stable and Robert and Lawana Low. UAE D…

Top Pletcher trainees, including Renegade, turn in works

One of the most eagerly anticipated workouts in the lead-up to this year's Kentucky Derby took place in relative anonymity shortly after sunrise Thursday at Palm Beach Downs.