I'm not a trainer (shocking news there) but if I were, I think the way I would do it is get the 9f prep out of the way first. Probably try to get it in mid-March. If it went well, in mid-April, maybe two weeks before the Derby, look to get a sharp mile into him. Could even be on the grass. I'd rather do it that way than run the hardest race as the last one before the Derby.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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