BALTIMORE — Horses operating within the Preakness normally practice every morning for about 10-20 minutes on the monitor at Pimlico throughout race week.
That goes for Mystik Dan.
WMAR bought unique entry with the Kentucky Derby winner’s assistant coach, Ray Bryner, as he watched the 3-year previous make his rounds on Tuesday morning.
“Excellent gallop, backtracked round there good and pleased, had his ears up,” mentioned Bryner. “[He was] relaxed standing and ready.”
Bryner is on the town dealing with enterprise earlier than Mystik Dan’s coach, Kenny McPeek, arrives. When it involves his horse being in entrance of the gang, he likes what he sees. That is vital.
“He is just not a nervous horse. Things don’t upset him, don’t spook him,” mentioned Bryner. “Loads of them are somewhat leery about issues like this as a result of they aren’t used to seeing lots of people within the morning. But, he takes all of it in stride.”
That’s simply his character.
“He is sort of a individuals’s horse. He likes to be checked out. He is aware of he’s good-looking,” mentioned Bryner.
The plan for the following few days:
“Pretty a lot an ordinary gallop like this for a day or two,” mentioned Bryner. “Tomorrow we are going to take him to the paddock and let him get acquainted with the paddock and we’ll go from there.”
As for McPeek, he’s anticipated to be at Pimlico and get his first take a look at the Derby winner on the monitor on Wednesday morning.
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