Rocket Can worked 4-furlongs in a bullet 46.6 at Churchill Downs Thursday under exercise rider Guelser Cardona (Coady Photography)
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Frank Fletcher Racing Operations’ Holy Bull Stakes (GIII) winner Rocket Can continued his serious training towards the Kentucky Derby with a bullet half-mile move in :46.60 Thursday at Churchill Downs under exercise rider Guelser Cardona.
Rocket Can’s move was the fastest of 34 horses at the distance Thursday morning. The striking gray son of Into Mischief worked at 7:30 a.m. on the outside of allowance winner Lady Arsinoe. Rocket Can began his move one length back of his Bill Mott-trained stablemate and finished even at the wire. Rocket Can galloped out five furlongs in :59.20 and completed six furlongs in 1:12.60.
Rocket Can finished second to Forte in the Fountain of Youth (GII) following his win in the Holy Bull and, most recently, finished fourth as the beaten favorite in the Arkansas Derby (GI).
