With rain forecast for Santa Anita this weekend, top 3-year-old Arabian Knight stayed ahead of the weather Thursday with a six-furlong work just five days after his previous drill for Tim Yakteen.
Unbeaten Arabian Knight completed Thursday's move in 1:13.60 on a track listed as fast. Last Saturday, the Uncle Mo colt worked five furlongs in 59.20 seconds, which was the third-fastest of 71 moves at the distance. That drill came following a 19-day gap between works for Arabian Knight.
Also working for Yakteen Thursday was Reincarnate, the Grade 3 Sham winner who most recently was a troubled third in the G3 Rebel at Oaklawn Park Feb. 25. The Good Magic colt worked four furlongs in 47.60 seconds.
“Both horses worked great this morning,” Yakteen said via text message. “Very routine and very happy.”
In this weekend's Kentucky Derby Future Wager, Arabian Knight is the 10-1 second choice on the morning line behind only G2 Fountain of Youth winner Forte for trainer Todd Pletcher. Reincarnate is listed at 30-1.
Arabian Knight is a perfect 2-for-2 for Zedan Racing, who purchased the colt for $2.3 million at last year's OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-old in training. He won his debut by 7 ¼-lengths at Keeneland on Nov. 6 and returned Jan. 28 to win the G3 Southwest by 5 ½ lengths at Oaklawn Park, both when trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert.
Yakteen previously stated Arabian Knight was probable to run in the G1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby on April 8 while Reincarnate is likely ticketed for the G1 Arkansas Derby on April 1. Both would likely need to finish in the top two to earn a berth in this year's Kentucky Derby.
Work of the Day from @santaanitapark—Arabian Knight worked 6 Furlongs in 1:13.60 on March 9th, 2023, for trainer @timyakteen. pic.twitter.com/ds1wL4qWiW
— XBTV (@WatchXBTV) March 9, 2023
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