El Kabeir picks up Borel for Derby

On Sunday, El Kabeir breezed five-eighths in 1:00 on the fast main track at

Belmont Park for trainer John Terranova.

Mr. Z, most recently third in the

Arkansas Derby (G1), is set to work on Wednesday or Thursday at Churchill Downs,

according to Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

Rafael Bejarano has also lined up his Derby mount by committing to Bolo

(Temple City), the third-place finisher in both the San Felipe (G2) and Santa

Anita Derby (G1). Co-owner Keith Brackpool made the announcement via Twitter.

In other Derby news:

Assistant trainer Norman Casse said John C. Oxley's Danzig Moon (Malibu Moon) came out of

Saturday's swift five-furlong work in :58 in good shape.

"Everything's perfect,"

said Casse, the son of trainer Mark Casse who oversees his father's stable at

Churchill Downs.

The younger Casse said his father would be at Churchill Downs

on Saturday for a four-furlong work that would be the final pre-Derby training

move.

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's International Star (Fusaichi Pegasus),

winner of the Louisiana Derby (G2) and the points leader on the "Road to the

Kentucky Derby" Leaderboard, came out of his Saturday work at Churchill

Downs well, according to trainer Mike Maker. He breezed five furlongs in 1:01

4/5 under jockey Miguel Mena.

International Star returned to Maker's base at Trackside training center

after the work, but will return to Churchill Downs this week and will remain at

the track through his Kentucky Derby run. Maker said Saturday that the colt

would return to Churchill Downs on Monday or Tuesday, but said Sunday that the

plan had changed and the four-mile journey from Trackside had been pushed back

to later in the week.

Stall manager Steve Hargrave reports Philip S. Birsh's Wood Memorial

runner-up Tencendur (Warrior's Reward), trained by George Weaver, is expected to arrive

at Churchill Monday

after a van ride from New York.

Loooch Racing Stables and Glenn K. Ellis' War Story (Northern Afleet) is

scheduled to work at Churchill on Wednesday, according to trainer Tom Amoss.

Robert V. LaPenta and Harry T. Rosenblum's Arkansas Derby

runner-up Far Right is aiming to work on Saturday or Sunday at Churchill,

trainer Ron Moquett reports.

"Bubble" horses Frammento (Midshipman) and Bold Conquest (Curlin), numbers 22

and 23 on the leaderboard, are mapping out their work schedules in hopes of

getting into the 20-horse field for Derby 141.

Ackerley Brothers Farm's Bold Conquest, runner-up in the Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs

and third in the Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park, is slated to work beneath the Twin

Spires Monday. Trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday's weather would determine

whether he would work shortly after the track opens for training at 6 a.m. or during

the training period for Oaks and Derby horses.

Trainer Nick Zito said that Frammento, fourth in the Blue Grass (G1) in his

latest, would work at Keeneland Saturday.

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