A beaming Graham Motion holds aloft the Derby trophy following Animal Kingdom's victory (Jim Tyrrell/Horsephotos.com)

Since he is based at Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Maryland, 60 miles northeast of Pimlico, the heavy rain overnight did not impact Kentucky Derby (G1) winner ANIMAL KINGDOM's (Leroidesanimaux [Brz]) training schedule on Sunday. Rather than sending the Team Valor International colt out to exercise on the wet dirt track, trainer Graham Motion had the luxury of sending his Derby victor to Fair Hill's inner Tapeta track.

Animal Kingdom galloped 1 1/2 miles over the artificial surface that drains faster than dirt. With rain in the forecast for much of the week, the sophomore may be going out on the Tapeta more often.

Motion chuckled at a question Sunday morning about turning the page from the week after the Kentucky Derby victory to the week leading up to Saturday's Preakness S. (G1).

"I think we're starting to get more into Preakness mode," he said. For Motion that means returning to the basics of his business. "It's worrying about everything," he said.

For Animal Kingdom, who had his shoes changed Sunday, the move into Preakness week will mean a slight change in his training program.

"He basically had a pretty normal gallop today," Motion said. "We'll just start doing a little more with him this week. Today, he had the most spirited gallop that he's had and that's probably going to be what's going to happen during the course of the week."

However, Motion isn't planning a timed work for the colt because the Derby and the Preakness are so close together.