Derby Notes: Improving O Besos Shows Strong Gallop Out In Final Breeze Sponsored by:
Trainer Greg Foley leads Kentucky Derby contender O Besos off the track on Thursday morning
Bernard Racing LLC, Tagg Team Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Terry L. Stephens O Besos was the lone Derby contender to breeze Thursday at Churchill Downs where he cruised a half-mile in :48.
With jockey Marcelino Pedroza in the saddle, O Besos began his work at the three-furlong pole and worked through early fractions of :12 and :36.20. Pedroza shook the reins at the Orb colt at the wire where he picked up his tempo through a five-furlong gallop out of 1:00 and continued six furlongs in 1:12.60.