"Hard Spun (five furlongs in 57.53): Certainly the most talked about work of the day. With jockey Mario Pino aboard, Hard Spun went in company with Wildcat Bettie B, a Grade 1-winning sprinter who like Hard Spun hails from the barn of trainer Larry Jones. The pair came away from the pole full of run and had the clockers' watches smoking after posting opening fractions of 10.88 and 22.00. Hard Spun had already begun to separate himself from his mate approaching the quarter pole and continued to pour it on despite fanning wide and while under little urging from his rider. By the time Hard Spun reached the eighth pole in 44.52, Wildcat Bettie B had been left in the dust. But the early pace took its toll on Hard Spun and he needed 13.01 to complete his final furlong while under steady urging, then had little left for a gallop out that saw him pull up six furlongs in 1:12.97. As was the case with Liquidity and Cobalt Blue on Friday, fast times don't necessarily make the best works, and while Hard Spun seemed within himself at least for the opening half-mile, it remains to be seen what kind of toll this type of work will take on a young horse who must come back and run 1 1/4 miles"



.....translation, put a fork in him.


Mike