Wednesday, May 3. 1989 / University Daily Kansas
Derby nears; trainers discuss abilities of their horses
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sunday Silence: The best of the rest, or better?
That's one question being asked as the countdown continues for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, a race that many feel will be the first step toward Triple Crown glory for the favored Easy Goer.
"I think my horse is just as good," said 76-year-old Charlie Whitingham, trainer of Sunday Silence. "One went West, the other East. I don't
know which is the toughest, but I don't think the races out here may be as tough."
Whitingham, who has trained more than 500 stakes winners, an unprecedented feat, has his stable at Santa Ana Park in Ardcalle, Calif. On Saturday Sunday won the Santa Ana Derby on April 8 by a record 11 lengths.
Easy Goer made his mark in the East, winning the one-mile Gotham at Aqueduct in 1:32:25, one-fifth of a second off Dr. Fager's 1968 world
record, and the Wood over the same track two weeks later.
Neither horse has been overworked coming into the Derby. Easy Goer did not make his 3-year-old debut until March 4 in the Swain, winning by 10 lengths. Sunday Silence had his first 1987 outing on March 2 at Santa Anita and, like Easy Goer, has raced just three times as a 3-year-old.
Some trainers suggest that Shug McGaughay has trained Easy Goer too light going into the Derby. Ron McAnally, a California trainer who
brought Hawkster here, said Easy Goer "beat nothing, a claiming horse," in the Wood.
"Our competition in California is much stiffer than New York," he said.
Asked the same question, McGaughey said Monday. "We got enough out of him in each of his races to have a win," followed the plan I laid out for him."
which is expected to reach 14 or more. While Easy Goer is being touted as the next Secretariat, Sunlight has labored in the shadows.
Sunday Silence, meanwhile, remains the enigma of the field.
Easy Goer went off a 1-9 favorite or better in the Wood, which was run in fractions of 48 3-5 for the half-mile and 1:13 2-5 for six furlongs. He wound up beating Rock Point by 10 feet and running a casual ride by Pat Day, and McGaughue said he was happy to see Easy Goer save something for the
Derby.
Fractions for the Santa Anita Derby were 45 2-5 and 1.09 3-5 with Sunday Silence laying just off the lead.
Whittingham says he sees a lot of similarities in the horses.
When he's won, he's won very easily. Is Easy Goer a super horse? don't know. The press thinks he is, Whitthingam said. "I don't know how the Gotham broke the world record in the Godham but that track is very fast."
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