After nine days of just galloping for exercise rider Willie Delgado on the main track, the chestnut colt "is climbing out of his skin," assistant trainer Alan Sherman said Friday morning. "He's telling me he's ready to work."
began last Dec. 22 after two equipment changes - switching from glue to nails, adding an equine nasal strip (co-owner Perry Martin's idea) - and two personnel changes - replacing jockey Alberto Delgado with Espinoza and letting go an exercise rider in favor of Willie Delgado, Alberto's younger brother.
