Untreated Gets First Feel of Main Track for Toyota Blue Grass

Team Valor International’s Untreated, the 8-1 co-third choice for Saturday’s $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G2), got his first feel of the main track at Keeneland on a brisk Wednesday morning.

“Everything went fine this morning,” said trainer Todd Pletcher’s assistant Amelia Green, who was aboard Untreated as well as Shadwell Stable’s Malathaat, the morning line favorite for Saturday’s $400,000 Central Bank Ashland (G1). “They both got here at 5:30 yesterday afternoon (from Palm Beach Downs in Florida).”

Pletcher has won the Toyota Blue Grass three times and is the only trainer to have entrants in Saturday’s Toyota Blue Grass and Central Bank Ashland. Six trainers have swept the two races in the same year, most recently Kenny McPeek in 2002 with Harlan’s Holiday and Take Charge Lady.

Entrants for the Toyota Blue Grass trained on five fronts Wednesday morning.

Also at Keeneland on the main track were John and Diane Fradkin’s Rombauer who galloped at 6 a.m. over the wet track under Brian O’Leary and Godolphin’s Essential Quality, the 3-5 morning line favorite, who galloped at 8:15 a.m. under Elver Vargas.

BBN Racing’s Hidden Stash galloped 1½ miles on Keeneland’s all-weather training track, where he was joined by the Joseph P. Morey Jr. Revocable Trust’s Hush of a Storm.

Klaravich Stables’ Highly Motivated and Cypress Creek Equine, Arnold Bennewith and Spendthrift Farm’sKeepmeinmind trained at Belmont Park and Oaklawn Park, respectively. Both horses are scheduled to arrive at Keeneland later Wednesday.

Bonne Chance Farm’s Leblon jogged at The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington on his first day back on the track following a half-mile work in :49 on Monday.

Albaugh Family Stables’ Sittin On Go trained at Churchill Downs.