Nyquist Logs Final Work for Haskell

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Nyquist worked a mile in 1:39 2/5 at 1 p.m. PDT July 24 at Del Mar.

It was the son of Uncle Mo  's final workout before he returns to the races July 31 in the $1 million Betfair.com Haskell Invitational (gr. I) at Monmouth Park. Nyquist has been away since incurring the first loss of his career in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) May 21.

Under regular rider Mario Gutierrez, Nyquist entered the track at the seven-furlong gap and backtracked to the three-eighths pole before turning and galloping up to the starting line for a work in company with a stablemate, the 2-year-old maiden colt Sorry Erik. Both are owned by Paul Reddam.

With track announcer Trevor Denman making the call for the crowd, clocker Russ Hudak caught Nyquist in splits of :25 4/5, :50 2/5, and 1:14 2/5 before going the final quarter in :24.90 to complete the one-lap journey around the main track.

"I'm very happy with it," trainer Doug O'Neill said. "He broke off nice and relaxed—settled nicely—and when Mario called on him, he finished up well. He did everything we wanted and did it the right way."