Workouts: 9 graded winners, 3 Ky. Derby contenders are on tab

Grade 1 winner and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile runner-up Muth got back to work Tuesday at Santa Anita in preparation for his 3-year-old season.

The $2 million Good Magic colt owned by Amr Zedan was clocked going a half-mile in 48.0 seconds on the fast main track. It was his third workout on the same track where he finished second to likely division champion Fierceness in the Breeders’ Cup.

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Trainer Bob Baffert has not said where he expects to send Muth for a 2024 debut.

Muth, who is 45-1 in Las Vegas futures to win Kentucky Derby 2024, was 1 of 9 graded-stakes winners and 1 of 3 potential Derby contenders who appeared on the U.S. work tab Tuesday.

Graded-stakes winners

Muth (Good Magic), a Grade 1 winner (2023 American Pharoah), worked four furlongs in 48.0 seconds at Santa Anita on Tuesday morning. It was the ninth fastest of 57 works at the distance. His previous work was 10 days ago going five furlongs at Santa Anita. In his last start he placed second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile going 1 1/16 miles on the main track at Santa Anita on Nov. 3 for trainer Bob Baffert.

Master Piece (Mastercraftsman), a two-time Grade 2 winner (2023 Red Smith, 2022 Eddie Read), worked five furlongs in 1:03.4 at Belmont Park. It was the third fastest of four works at the distance. His previous work was six days ago going five furlongs at Belmont Park. In his last start he won the Red Smith (G2) going 1 3/8 miles on the turf at Aqueduct on Nov. 11 for trainer Rick Dutrow.

Elm Drive (Mohaymen), a Grade 2 winner (2021 Sorrento), worked four furlongs in 49.6 seconds at Santa Anita. It was the 42nd fastest of 57 works at the distance. Her previous work was eight days ago going four furlongs at Santa Anita. In her last start she placed seventh in the Matriarch (G1) going one mile on the turf at Del Mar on Dec. 3 for trainer Phil D’Amato.

Ginóbili (Munnings), a Grade 2 winner (2021 Pat O’Brien), worked six furlongs in 1:12.2 at San Luis Rey. It was the fastest of four works at the distance. His previous work was seven days ago going six furlongs at San Luis Rey. In his last start he placed eighth in the Razorback Handicap (G3) going 1 1/16 miles on the main track at Oaklawn on Feb. 18 for trainer Peter Miller.

Balnikhov (Adaay), a two-time Grade 3 winner (2023 San Francisco Mile, 2022 Bryan Station), worked four furlongs in 48.6 seconds at Santa Anita. It was the 21st fastest of 57 works at the distance. His previous work was nine days ago going five furlongs at Santa Anita. In his last start he placed third in the Seabiscuit Handicap (G2) going 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Del Mar on Nov. 25 for D’Amato.

Endlessly (Oscar Performance), a two-time Grade 3 winner (2023 Zuma Beach, 2023 Del Mar Juvenile Turf), worked four furlongs in 48.8 seconds at Santa Anita. It was the 24th fastest of 57 works at the distance. His previous work was nine days ago going four furlongs at Santa Anita. In his last start he placed eighth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf going one mile on the turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 3 for trainer Michael McCarthy.

Kirstenbosch (Midnight Lute), a two-time Grade 3 winner (2023 Chillingworth, 2023 La Canada), worked five furlongs in 1:01.4 at Santa Anita. It was the 28th fastest of 55 works at the distance. Her previous work was nine days ago going three furlongs at Santa Anita. In her last start she placed fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) going seven furlongs on the main track at Santa Anita on Nov. 4 for trainer John Sadler.

Dancing Buck (War Dancer), a Grade 3 winner (2022 Belmont Turf Sprint), worked four furlongs in 49.6 seconds at Santa Anita. It was the 42nd fastest of 57 works at the distance. His previous work was 15 days ago going five furlongs at Santa Anita. In his last start he placed sixth in the Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship going six furlongs on the turf at Aqueduct on Nov. 18 for trainer Michelle Nevin.

Hot Peppers (Khozan), a Grade 3 winner (2022 Victory Ride), worked five furlongs in 1:00.0 at Santa Anita. It was the third fastest of 55 works at the distance. Her previous work was nine days ago going five furlongs at Los Alamitos. In her last start she placed fourth in the Prioress (G2) going six furlongs on the main track at Saratoga on Sept. 2 for trainer Rudy Rodríguez.

Other Kentucky Derby contenders

Boy Magic (Good Magic), worked four furlongs in 49.6 seconds at Gulfstream Park. It was the second fastest of four works at the distance. His previous work was eight days ago going four furlongs at Gulfstream Park. In his last start he won an allowance race going six furlongs on the main track at Pimlico on Sept. 24 for trainer Jorge Delgado.

Tapalo (Tapiture), worked five furlongs in 1:01.2 at Santa Anita. It was the 11th fastest of 32 works at the distance. This was his first work since his last race. In his last start he placed third in a maiden race going one mile on the main track at Del Mar on Dec. 2 for Sadler.