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Mucho Macho Man, winner of the Grade 2 Risen Star, will return to Fair Grounds to have his final Kentucky Derby prep in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 26.
Trainer Kathy Ritvo said she met with principal owner Dean Reeves on Tuesday, at which point the pair decided to bring Mucho Macho Man back to New Orleans rather than keep him here for the $1 million Florida Derby the following weekend.
Mucho Macho Man is owned in partnership by Reeves and the Dream Team Racing Stable.
"We just wanted to pick what we thought was the easiest spot for his last start before the Derby, and it looks like the Florida Derby could be coming up pretty tough," said Ritvo, the wife of Gulfstream Park vice president of racing Tim Ritvo. "He obviously likes the racetrack at the Fair Grounds and its long stretch, and this also will give us an extra week to prepare him for the Kentucky Derby, if everything goes well."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6176859
Trainer Kathy Ritvo said she met with principal owner Dean Reeves on Tuesday, at which point the pair decided to bring Mucho Macho Man back to New Orleans rather than keep him here for the $1 million Florida Derby the following weekend.
Mucho Macho Man is owned in partnership by Reeves and the Dream Team Racing Stable.
"We just wanted to pick what we thought was the easiest spot for his last start before the Derby, and it looks like the Florida Derby could be coming up pretty tough," said Ritvo, the wife of Gulfstream Park vice president of racing Tim Ritvo. "He obviously likes the racetrack at the Fair Grounds and its long stretch, and this also will give us an extra week to prepare him for the Kentucky Derby, if everything goes well."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6176859
