GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents) worked three furlongs in :37.80 (20/25) Sunday at Santa Anita in preparation for his return to the races in the GI Malibu Stakes Thursday.
Mystik Dan was backed up to the seven-eighths pole before breaking into a gallop. He sped things up near the quarter pole, where he found company from a pair of horses to his inside, then continued to accelerate through the lane.
After winning the Derby, Mystik Dan was second in the GI Preakness Stakes and has been unraced since finishing eighth in the GI Belmont Stakes.
The drill was Mystik Dan's first on the West Coast after shipping into California Wednesday night.
Also working for the Malibu Sunday was Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief) who went four furlongs in :48.20 (6/92) for trainer Doug O'Neill. The bay colt won the GI Pat O'Brien Stakes in August and was most recently seventh in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint.
Sunday's work tab at Santa Anita also included Barnes (Into Mischief), a $3.2-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling who was tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star' following his debut win at Churchill Downs Nov. 27. The Bob Baffert trainee went six furlongs from the gate in 1:12.80 (1/6).
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