Shivananda Parbhoo points Trinniberg at the Preakness
Following his emphatic three length victory over Hardened Wildcat to bag the Grade 3 Bay Shore Stakes, an unusual pep race for a Kentucky Derby/Triple Crown prospect, Trinniberg has still plans to run in either Kentucky Derby or the Preakness Stakes.
Bisnath Parboo trained 3-year-old colt has not run more than seven furlongs in his career, and as a sophomore he has mastered the seven furlong races with two wins over the same distances on the trot.
Shivananda Parbhoo’s Trinniberg kicked off his seasonal opener with a win in the Grade 3 Swale Stakes at about seven furlongs at Gulfstream Park, and on 7 April, 2012, he downed the Grade 3 Bay Shore Stakes over the same distance yet again.
He will be stretching out in distance for the first time in his career when or if he runs in the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness Stakes.
“I’m still 85 percent for the Preakness, 15 percent for the Kentucky Derby,” said Shivananda Parbhoo. “Everybody likes the Derby; I like it, too. Everybody wants to win that race, but if I think he’s not capable of going a mile and a quarter, why go just
to run? I don’t want to ruin the horse and there are so many races for 3-year-olds. His breeding says a mile to a mile and a sixteenth, and that’s it. He’s a good horse, and I want to keep him a good horse.”
The Kentucky bred son of Teuflesberg, out of mare Bella Dorato by Goldminer’s Gold, Trinniberg came out of the Bay Shore Stakes just fine, as he re-lived his horse’s gallop in the Bay Shore Stakes and glorified it by saying it was an amazing run how he pulled
away from the rest of the field.
Trinniberg downed the seven furlong distance in 1 minute and 23.46 seconds, while he downed Hardened Wildcat in second and How Do I Win in third. But it wasn’t that easy the night before the race.
“Last night, we gave him his feed at 7:15 and by 7:40, he was finished,” said Shivananda Parbhoo. “He wanted to bite everybody, and he’s not that type of horse. Usually, he’s very easy. This morning, he was very, very aggressive – we had to restrain him
just to walk him he was so strong.”
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