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April 22 trainer Bob Baffert declares Preachinatthebar off the Derby trail after an unsatisfactory work Thursday morning
April 22 worked six furlongs in 1:14.80, breezing over a sloppy track at Churchill Downs
April 17 worked five furlongs in :59.40, breezing over a fast track at Churchill Downs
April 5 worked five furlongs in :59.20, handily over a fast track at Santa Anita
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Graded Earnings: $159,000 (as of 4.11.2004)
Race Record: 8-2-0-2
Preachinatthebar Update: Preachinatthebar Off The Derby Trail
Preachinatthebar Update: Baffert Duo Gets First Works At Churchill
Preachinatthebar Update: Preachinatthebar: Bluegrass Contender
Preachinatthebar Update: Preachinatthebar Scores In San Felipe
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December 17, got his first victory in a 1 1/16 miles maiden race at Hollywood Park, winning by 2 1/2 lengths over Quintons Gold Rush
November 23, finished fourth in a 1 1/16 miles maiden race at Hollywood Park, beaten 5 1/4 lengths
October 24, finished third as the favorite in a very competitive six furlong maiden race, losing by four lengths to Lion Heart and Boomzeeboom
In his debut race October 4 at Santa Anita, finished fourth by nine lengths in a six furlong maiden race won by the promising Godolphin two-year-old Rosberg |
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Finished eighth in the Bluegrass Stakes (GI) at Keeneland on April 10
March 14 won the San Felipe (GII) by a nose over St Averil, getting the 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.87
Closed strongly to finish third in the February 8 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, getting beat a length and a head by Master David and Borrego
January 17, finished fourth by 3 1/2 lengths to St Averil in the 1 1/16 miles Santa Catalina (GII) at Santa Anita |
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Coming Derby Week! |
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Preachinatthebar is by 1997 Kentucky Derby (GI) and Preakness (GI) winner Silver Charm, who was also three-year-old champion colt that year and champion older male the following year. Overall, he hit the board in 21 out of 24 starts, earning $6,944,369, fourth highest at the time of his retirement. He was a very game horse, exemplified in the Kentucky Cup Classic (GIII), where he battled in a memorable stretch-long duel with Wild Rush, eventually finishing in a dead heat. He gave Bob Baffert his first of three Derby victories. His first crop of foals are three-year-olds of 2004. Displaying the class of their sire, his first 21 runners all have either won or hit the board. He had three stakes placed runners in 2003, including Deb's Charm, third in the Alcibiades (GII). This year, his son Consecrate was third in the San Rafael (GII) and second in the WinStar Derby. Silver Charm undoubtedly got some of his competitiveness from his dam, Bonnie's Poker, who finished in the top three 30 times in her 63 race career. Preachinatthebar is the first foal out of Holy Nola, who was also campaigned by Pegram and Baffert. At age two, she won the Great Arizona Futurity Shoot-Out (interestingly, just one day after Silver Charm won the Derby), and at three finished second in the Listed Santa Paula Stakes. She is also a full sister to Bare Necessities, a multiple Grade three stakes winner of the Gardenia at Ellis Park, the Sixty Sails, and the Indiana Breeders' Cup Oaks. Both Holy Nola and Bare Necessities are by Silver Deputy, who was also the sire of Pegram's Kentucky Oaks (GI) winner and multiple champion Silverbulletday as well graded stakes winners Posse, Mr. Jester, and Badge of Silver. Looking at all the Derby contenders first five generations, one would be hard-pressed to find a horse other than Preachinatthebar with more Classic influences from a dosage standpoint, and with the distribution being equal on both sides of his family, the 1 1/4 miles of the Derby should be well within his range.
Dosage Index:1.29
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