Mike Welsch, who writes most of the DRF clocker report, liked Premium Tap's work yesterday:
"Work of the day
"Scat Daddy (five furlongs in 1:01.17 over the Belmont Park training track): Actually, it's a toss-up for Work of the Day between Scat Daddy, who runs in the Juvenile, and BC Classic entrant Premium Tap, who was equally impressive several minutes earlier on the main track. "
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"Premium Tap (four furlongs in 47.04 on the main track): He was every bit as solid as Scat Daddy in a workout delayed several minutes by a loose horse on the track. With rider Edgar Prado barely moving throughout the half-mile drill, Premium Tap glided effortlessly through fractions of 12.14, 23.29, and 35.27, and continued his crisp pace by galloping out another eighth to complete five furlongs in 59.40 without urging. He has never been better and figures among the more intriguing of the outsiders in the Classic, behind favorites Bernardini, Lava Man, and Invasor. "
--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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