Top two-year-old back in training
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12/13/2011 -
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Leading two-year-old Union Rags is
being slowly brought back to training in time for the 2012 Triple Crown races.
The colt, trained by Michael Matz. is back at Gulfstream Park to begin light
workouts.
"We got on his back Saturday and just walked him for about a half hour.
Starting on the 15th, he's going to be ridden every day," Matz said. "Then
after the first of the year, we'll take him down to Palm Meadows to start some
serious training."
Undefeated in his first three starts Union Rags, owned by breeder Phyllis
Wyeth, lost by a head to Hansen in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill
Downs on November 5. Since that race he was sent to a farm in Wellington, FL
for some rest and relaxation.
"He's got a terrific disposition. He's a real smart horse. I had him in the
paddock where he's away from other horses," Matz explained. "He was a little
restless in the paddock, so we put him in a paddock right by the side of where
the horses go to train. He loved it. He watched them all go by, and he just
loved it."
With more than $800,000 already banked, Union Rags is the early favorite for
the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. Matz is looking to use
Gulfstream's three-year-old stakes series to prepare for the Run for the
Roses.
"I would say the logical schedule would be the Fountain of Youth (Feb. 26) and
the Florida Derby (March 31)," Matz said. "He's here and we don't have to ship
around. If something happens where we have a change of plans where we have to
do something different, we're going to nominate him to just about everything."
Union Rags has Javier Castellano as his rider, winning the Saratoga Special
and Champagne before the Breeders' Cup Juvenile loss.
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