ANY GIVEN SATURDAY/CIRCULAR QUAY/COWTOWN CAT/SAM P./SCAT DADDY - WinStar Farm and Gulf Coast Farm's Cowtown Cat, winner of the Illinois Derby (GII) and the Gotham (GIII), worked sharply on Saturday at Keeneland in preparation for an expected run for trainer Todd Pletcher in Kentucky Derby 133.

The son of Distorted Humor worked five furlongs in company with 3-year-old stablemate Out of Gwedda and covered the distance "handily" over the Polytrack surface in :58.40. The work by Cowtown Cat was the third fastest of 33 at the distance, while Out of Gwedda completed the work in :59.

Sunday will be a busy day for Pletcher as three more of his Derby contenders are scheduled to work. Florida Derby (GI) winner Scat Daddy, Louisiana Derby (GI) winner Circular Quay and Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) runner-up Any Given Saturday are all scheduled for Sunday workouts over the Lexington track.

Sam P., third in the Santa Anita Derby (GI) for Pletcher, is training at Churchill Downs. Assistant trainer Mike McCarthy said that Sam P. was scheduled to work on Monday over the Louisville track.

COBALT BLUE/GREAT HUNTER/LIQUIDITY - J. Paul Reddam's Great Hunter was the only member of trainer Doug O'Neill's Kentucky Derby contingent on the track Saturday morning, jogging twice around at Keeneland with regular exercise rider Tony Romero up.

Liquidity, also owned by Reddam, and Cobalt Blue, owned by Merv Griffin, walked the shed row after working Friday at Keeneland. Liquidity worked six furlongs in 1:11.40, the best of three at the distance, and Cobalt Blue was credited with five furlongs in 1:01.80, 27th-best of 36 at the distance.

"I was very satisfied, they all went beautifully," said O'Neill.

O'Neill returned to his home base at Hollywood Park after the works and said he planned to return to Kentucky on Thursday.

"The plan now is to work them all Friday and then ship over to Louisville on Sunday afternoon," O'Neill said. "Great Hunter is down to jog a mile and gallop a mile tomorrow and the other two will jog tomorrow and go back to galloping on Monday."

Corey Nakatani is slated to ride Great Hunter in the Derby. David Flores has the call on Liquidity and Victor Espinoza, who piloted War Emblem to Derby glory in 2002, has the call on Cobalt Blue.

CURLIN/ZANJERO - Trainer Steve Asmussen's pair of Kentucky Derby contenders - Stonecrest Farm, Padua Stable, George Bolton and Midnight Cry Stable's Arkansas Derby (GII) winner Curlin and Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC's Zanjero - each galloped 1 ½-miles over Polytrack on Saturday at Keeneland.

Carmen Rosas was aboard for both gallops.

Assistant trainer Scott Blasi said that both of Asmussen's Derby hopefuls were scheduled to work on Monday at Keeneland. He said Curlin and Zanjero would likely ship to Churchill Downs later that afternoon to continue their preparation for Kentucky Derby 133.

DELIGHTFUL KISS - Hobeau Farm's Delightful Kiss galloped 1 ¼ miles before the renovation break at Churchill Downs with exercise rider Alex Castanon up.

Trainer Pete Anderson said that Hall of Famer Russell Baze would retain the mount on Delightful Kiss. In their first partnering, Base rode Delightful Kiss to a fourth-place finish in the Arkansas Derby (GII) on April 14.

Delightful Kiss, a son of Kissin Kris who ran seventh in the 1993 Kentucky Derby, brings Anderson back to Churchill Downs for the first time in 34 years.

"I was trying to remember the last time I was here, and I think it was when I rode Cannonade in the Kentucky Jockey Club," said Anderson, who in the spring of 1973 rode Forego to a fourth-place finish behind Secretariat. "This place looks a lot different driving in than the last time I was here."

Delightful Kiss arrived at Churchill Downs on April 16. Anderson said he did not have a work schedule firmed up. "It depends on him," Anderson said. "I'll let him tell me."

HARD SPUN - Fox Hill Farms' Hard Spun jogged a half-mile and then galloped a mile and a half at Keeneland with exercise rider Justin Cline up.

Trainer Larry Jones plans to give Hard Spun a work Monday at Keeneland, with plans to ship to Churchill Downs next Saturday night or Sunday with the Danzig colt's final work slated for April 30 or May 1.

Mario Pino, who has ridden Hard Spun in all six of his starts, has the call for the Derby.

SEDGEFIELD SHIPS TO CHURCHILL DOWNS FOR WORK - Silverton Hill LLC's Sedgefield, runner-up in the Lane's End Stakes (Grade II) at Turfway Park, traveled to Churchill Downs on Saturday to work over the track over which the colt could be running in the $2 million Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (GI) on May 5.

The son of Smart Strike worked in company with a stablemate as he covered four furlongs over a "fast" track in :49. Trainer Darrin Miller, a former Quarter Horse jockey, was in the saddle for the work, which ranked as the 15th fastest of 35 at the distance.

The colt had been working over Polytrack at Keeneland and Miller wanted to work the full brother to Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (GI) winner English Channel over the dirt surface at the Louisville track to make sure that he had no problems in handling the footing.

"It was good," said Miller. "Nothing today told me that he dislikes the dirt surface at all. I wanted to tuck him in (behind his workmate) and get some dirt in his face and make sure he was covering the ground good, and he did all of those things. We went into the work a little slow and he had a very strong finish."

With that solid work under his belt over the Kentucky Derby track, Miller said he continues to strongly look at a bid for the Kentucky Derby by Sedgefield.

"I think so - nothing today told me to do otherwise," said Miller. "I would like another work over the track. I think the good thing about this horse is that he is tough-minded. He handles that kind of stuff well and I think you might need a horse like that...Nothing said don't do it. Nothing said this is probably not his path."

Sedgefield has never raced over a dirt surface. All of his starts have come on either turf or Polytrack. After he ran second to Hard Spun in on Polytrack in the Lane's End at Turfway Park, Miller dropped Sedgefield into the entry box for the Appalachian (GIII) at Keeneland in hopes of boosting the colt's graded earnings and make him eligible for a run in the Kentucky Derby. But Sedgefield was unusually keen in the early going that day and ended up finishing fourth as the beaten favorite to Marcavelly.

Miller takes the blame for that poor effort.

"I think that maybe I was a little too confident," said Miller. "I carried him over there wanting to get the earnings and thought it would be an easy spot to do so. I don't want to make a lot of excuses for him. He was a little fretful in the stall pre-race. He's usually pretty stone cold. We threw the bridle on and everything was good, but he just left there (the starting gate) with a vengeance. He got in a fight with his rider (Rafael Bejarano) - he wouldn't settle and he wasn't going to."

Sedgefield is one of two Kentucky Derby contenders trained by Miller, who has never saddled a starter in the "Run for the Roses." The other is Silverton Hill's Dominican, who won last week's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (GI) at Keeneland and the Rushaway at Turfway Park.

Both horses are training over Polytrack at Keeneland, but Miller said they would ship to Churchill Downs on Thursday to complete their Kentucky Derby preparations. He said Dominican would work under the Twin Spires on Sunday, April 29.

STORM IN MAY - Bill Kaplan, Felicity Waugh and David and Teresa Palmer's Storm in May galloped 1 ½-miles after the renovation break at Churchill Downs with exercise rider Mick Jenner up.

Freddy Guzman, who is overseeing the Louisville operation, said trainer Kaplan was scheduled to arrive in Louisville on Saturday with a work slated for Sunday with Derby rider Juan Leyva coming in for the work.

Storm in May arrived at Churchill Downs on April 16, two days after his runner-up finish in the Arkansas Derby (GII).

STORMELLO - Hollywood Futurity (GI) winner Stormello walked the shedrow at his home base at Hollywood Park Saturday, a day after working a mile in 1:39.
"He looks great ... looks like he never even went in it," trainer and co-owner Bill Currin said. "He would have black-lettered every distance yesterday."

Two-time Derby winner rider Kent Desormeaux will have the call on Stormello and is scheduled to handle the Stormy Atlantic colt's final West Coast work next weekend before shipping to Louisville on April 30.

STREET SENSE - Jim Tafel's Eclipse Award-winning Street Sense galloped 1 ½-miles before the renovation break with exercise rider Mark Cutler up.

Trainer Carl Nafzger said the winner of the Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) here last fall would likely work Tuesday.

"Tuesday or Wednesday, but it depends on the weather. If it looks like we are going to get a lot of rain, I could go Monday. I will know more tomorrow," said Nafzger, who is seeking his second Kentucky Derby victory.

Calvin Borel, who has ridden the son of Street Cry is all seven of his starts, has the Derby call.

Nafzger said leading up to the Derby he would probably give Street Sense one schooling session in the paddock, but likely no gate schooling. "He has always been a good gate horse," Nafzger said.

TIAGO - Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Moss' Tiago galloped 1 ½ miles Saturday morning at Hollywood Park under exercise rider Frankie Herrarte.

Trainer John Shirreffs said the Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner would work Sunday or Monday. The son of Pleasant Tap and half-brother to 2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo is scheduled to ship to Louisville April 30 or May 2.

Mike Smith has the riding assignment.

TEUFLESBERG - With trainer and co-owner Jamie Sanders up, Teuflesberg galloped a mile Saturday morning at Keeneland.

Sanders, who owns the Johannesburg colt with Gary Logsdon and Donnie Kelly, plans to ship Teuflesberg to Churchill Downs on Friday with a work scheduled for Saturday and then a blowout on Thursday, May 3.

Stewart Elliott, who rode Teuflesberg to victory in the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn and then to a third-place finish in the Rebel (GIII), has the call in the Derby.

Elliott, who won the 2004 Derby with Smarty Jones, will be attempting to join Willie Simms, as the only riders to win the Derby with their first two mounts. Simms produced his double in 1896 with Ben Brush and 1898 on Plaudit.