Hansen breezes easy half for Wood

by Brisnet.com

On Sunday, reigning champion two-year-old male Hansen recorded

his first move since taking the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes by three lengths on March

3.

The Mike Maker pupil breezed an easy four furlongs in :50 2/5 over the fast

dirt at Churchill Downs' Trackside Training Center. It was the gray colt's first

work back in Kentucky since last October, as he spent the winter months

following his Breeders' Cup Juvenile victory in Florida.

Hansen had the track nearly to himself as he completed the distance under

exercise rider Joel Barrientos in fractions of :12, :24 3/5 and :37 3/5. He

galloped out five furlongs in 1:05 2/5.

Dr. Kendall Hansen and Sky Chai Racing's three-year-old son of Tapit covered

the half-mile just after the mid-training session break for track maintenance.

Despite heavy rain in Louisville overnight, the six-furlong Trackside training

course was rated "fast" for the move.