Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, May 7, 1990 TAG: 9005070051
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ED SCHUYLER JR. ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: LOUISVILLE, KY. LENGTH: Medium
"He's looking at me and thinking, `What are they talking to you about, I'm the one that did it,' " Nafzger said Sunday.
What the colt did was win the Kentucky Derby in impressive fashion. Now, he'll try to win the Preakness.
"If the horse is OK, and I think it's OK, we'll go to the Preakness," Nafzger said after the Derby winner jogged once around the Churchill Downs track.
Summer Squall, who was second, 3 1/2 lengths back in the 1\ -mile Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs, and Mister Frisky, the beaten favorite, who was eighth, also appear headed to Baltimore and the Preakness on May 19 at Pimlico.
"We'll give ourselves a day or two to sort things out, but we're leaning in that direction," Cot Campbell, the owner of Dogwood Stable that races Summer Squall, said of the 1 3/16-mile Preakness.
Summer Squall, the second betting choice, had the lead at the quarter pole, then Unbridled blew by him.
"Pat [jockey Pat Day] said at the quarter pole the roar of the crowd startled him a little and he lost his concentration for a couple of seconds," said Neil Howard, trainer of Summer Squall.
"But he wasn't going to beat Unbridled if they went around five more turns."
Mr. Frisky lost his first race in 17 starts. "He ran a bad race yesterday and I don't know why," trainer Laz Barrera said.
"Gary [jockey Gary Stevens] said the horse was running, but he wasn't grabbing the track. When a horse don't like the track, there's nothing you can do about it. I'm not making excuses, but it's the only thing I can think about it."
Trainer Chris Speckert said he would talk to owner Thomas Mellon Evans about sending third-place Pleasant Tap to the Preakness. Speckert seemed inclined to skip the Preakness and run Pleasant Tap in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes June 9.
"I think you have to bear in mind the horse only ran 11 days ago [in the Lexington Stakes on April 24] and had this race," Speckert said.
Video Ranger, who finished fourth, will go to New York and await the Belmont. Thirty Six Red, who was ninth, also is being pointed to the Belmont.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas said seventh-place Land Rush will run in the Preakness, and Real Cash, who finished 11th, also might go in the Preakness.
None of the other starters in the 15-horse Derby is expected to start in the Preakness. B3 B1 UNBRIDLED Unbridled
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