![]() ![]() "I thought we were OK on the turn there and he just didn't kick on the way I thought he would," said trainer Shug McGaughey. Yet in his fourth trip around the Gulfstream Park oval in the 1 1/8-mile Florida Derby, Greatest Honour lacked a strong late kick in rallying from 10th to finish third, 5 3/4 lengths behind Known Agenda. ![]() Elias Stable and his wife Teresa, were part owners of Always Dreaming, and now has his latest Kentucky Derby candidate in a homebred colt out of the Byron mare Byrama. Since the calendar turned to 2000, Pletcher, a 1-20 shot to be voted into the Hall of Fame this year, has only missed the Kentucky Derby once (in 2003) and won the Run for the Roses twice, first with Super Saver in 2010 and then with Always Dreaming in 2017. "It's a meaningful grade 1 win for a really good-looking son of Curlin, so it's exciting." "You want to have five healthy weeks and have everything go smoothly between now and (May 1) but that was a huge, huge step in the right direction today," said Pletcher after a record sixth Florida Derby victory. 26 allowance optional claimer at Gulfstream Park where he romped by 11 lengths. Davis Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs as a 3-2 favorite before he reverted to top form in a Feb. ![]() He was then third in the Remsen Stakes (G2) and fifth in the Feb. Known Agenda draws off to victory in the Florida DerbyĪ homebred son of Curlin, Known Agenda has enjoyed a rocky winter since beating Greatest Honour, the 4-5 favorite in the Florida Derby, in a Nov. ![]()
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