Race Options Weighed by In Due Time's Connections
Image:
Description:
Photo: Coglianese Photos/Lauren King
In Due Time wins an allowance optional claiming race at Gulfstream Park
The possible participation by Edge Racing, Medallion Racing, and Parkland Thoroughbreds' In Due Time in the May 7 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) at Churchill Downs remains in a holding pattern following his third-place finish in the April 16 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.
"Right now the owners are in Ocala buying horses, and I am here for another week," trainer Kelly Breen said April 21 at Keeneland. "Then we'll decide whether we are going to Jersey or to Churchill."
Breen has a summer base at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
The Kentucky Derby is limited to the top 20 point earners from a series of races that pass the entry box May 2. The Stonestreet Lexington result left In Due Time in 22nd place and in need of two defections to gain a possible starting spot.
The Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) runner-up, In Due Time raced in midpack between horses in the Lexington before rallying up to the rail to finish behind Tawny Port and Major General.
"I was a little disappointed in his race," Breen said. "He was in traffic and when (jockey) Paco (Lopez) got him to the quarter pole, he grinded it out to the finish.
"The Preakness (G1) would not be a bad option, but it is the Derby," added Breen about the pending decision.
Breen has had three Kentucky Derby starters with his most recent coming in 2011 with Pants On Fire.