American Pharoah looking fresh and eager
Jay Privman, Del Mar
2015-08-11-DRF Live
AMERICAN PHAROAH looked very well this morning, with a gallop under exercise rider Jorge Alvarez notable for the snug hold Alvarez had to have on the reins to keep an apparently fresh and eager American Pharoah from doing more than needed for the day.
Trainer Bob Baffert gave American Pharoah an extra day of walking after returning from the Haskell, and even jogged him two days thereafter, so it was a full week from the race until American Pharoah resumed galloping on Sunday.
His gallops have all been quite good on Sunday, Monday, and again this morning. If he continues to progress like this, I would expect a very satisfactory breeze on the weekend as he progresses toward his next start, which will be the Travers if -- if -- he doesn't regress.
So far, so good.
If you want to see American Pharoah -- and why wouldn't you? -- he goes out at 7:45 every morning, right after a renovation break.
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