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Energy outage time He logged an intensive coaching session Wednesday morning forward of his scheduled 3-year-old debut within the G2, $1 million 3-year-old Higher Degree Stakes on March 1 at Oak Garden.
Blackout Time ran 5 furlongs in 1:00 on a quick monitor throughout a particular 10-minute workers-only interval instantly after coach Kenny McPeek’s first resurfacing break. This time was the quickest of the 14 automobiles introduced over the space.
Honest odds: Untested first-time winner provides future stakes within the Kentucky Derby.
Blackout Time is stablemate with Gaming Wizard, a 3-year-old New York colt who completed fourth within the Sleepy Hole Stakes held at Aqueduct on October twenty fifth. Each horses labored laborious from the five-furlong pole to the wire, clocking 24.2 seconds within the first quarter mile and 36.4 seconds over the third furlong earlier than pulling away at blackout time. Blackout Time lined six furlongs in 1 minute 13 seconds. Gaming Wizard lined 5 furlongs in 1 minute 01 seconds.
Blackout Time hasn’t began since Oct. 4, when he completed second to eventual 2-year-old champion Ted Nophy within the 1 1/16-mile Breeders’ Futurity S at Keeneland. Blackout Time ran within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar on October thirty first, however was examined by a regulatory veterinarian for suspected soundness points.
Blackout Time, a son of Not This Time, returned to work on the Honest Grounds on January twenty third and breeched twice there, on January thirtieth and Thursday, earlier than being shipped to Oak Garden. Co-owner Lance Gassaway mentioned “Blackout Time” has two extra movies deliberate earlier than “Rebels.”
“I will monitor the climate,” Gassaway mentioned in a textual content message Wednesday morning. “We’ll maintain him right here, climate allowing.”
The 1 1/16-mile Insurgent is Oak Garden’s third Kentucky Derby qualifying race and can award 50-25-15-10-5 factors to the highest 5 finishes to qualify for the primary leg of the Triple Crown race.
Blackout Time’s runner-up end within the Breeders’ Futurity earned him 5 Kentucky Derby qualifying factors.
Different horses at Insurgent embrace Silent Tactic and Strategic Threat from two Corridor of Fame trainers, Mark Cass, and Honeys to Blame from McPeek.
Strategic Threat received Oaklawn’s first Kentucky Derby qualifier, the Jan. 3 Smarty Jones, and Silent Tactic received the second Friday Southwest (G3). The Arkansas-bred Honeys to Blame was the allowance winner at Oak Garden Race Course on Sunday.
