Discreetly Mine, Ron The Greek Work

E. Paul Robsham’s Discreetly Mine, winner of Fair Grounds’ Grade II Risen Star Stakes Feb. 20 as the final major prep for the Grade II Louisiana Derby March 27, breezed four furlongs Sunday morning at the Palm Meadows training center while prepping for his upcoming engagement in the Louisiana Derby.

Meanwhile, at Fair Grounds Sunday morning, Jack Hammer’s Ron the Greek, hero of the Grade III Lecomte Stakes here in the first leg of the local sophomore series on Jan. 23, appeared on the local tab going five-eighths in 1:03.40 in preparation for the $750,000 Louisiana Derby.

Three candidates for the Grade II New Orleans Handicap were on local tab Sunday. Richard Rudolph and Michael Vranich’s Stonehouse, winner of the Grade III Mineshaft Handicap Feb. 20, worked a half-mile in 49.40, while Virginia Tarra’s Giant Oak, third in the Mineshaft, went five-eighths in 1:01.40, and Brittlyn Stable’s Star Guitar, winner of the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic on Dec. 19, went five-eighths in 1:01.40.