The North Barrington trainer's horse was beaten by one length in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
Two days after his Two Phil's took a lead in the stretch of the Kentucky Derby before finishing a game second, trainer Larry Rivelli said Monday that the colt will not start in the Preakness.
Under notably sharp handling by jockey Jareth Loveberry, the 3-year-old chestnut opened up only to be passed by the late-closing champ Mage in the final 170 yards."I'm not a guy who celebrates but this was an exception," said Rivelli, 51, a third-generation conditioner on the Chicago thoroughbred circuit."So much had to go right for us and all came so close to going perfect. And you have to give major credit to Loveberry for the ride.
A speck earlier than perfect, late in the final turn, Loveberry had an inside opening and Two Phil's blew through. TWO PHIL'S CAPTURED $600,000 for owners Vinnie Foglia and Pat Foglia, also of North Barrington ; breeder Phil Sagan of Bloomingdale and new partner Sol Kumin .
THE PREAKNESS IS SCHEDULED to be run on Saturday, May 20, at Baltimore's teetering Pimlico Race Course.
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