Sponsored by: Calm before the storm: Kentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality one week before the Run for the Roses Godolphin's likely Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Essential Quality worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 early Saturday morning at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., to headline a quintet of hopefuls for the 147 th Run for the Roses that put in their final works for the 1 ¼-mile classic. Also working on a cloudy but pleasant morning beneath the Twin Spires were Juddmonte Farms' Mandaloun (five furlongs in 1:00), Klaravich Stables' Highly Motivated (five furlongs in 1:00.80, Erv Woolsey and Keith Asmussen's Super Stock (five furlongs in 1:01.20) and Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm's