Silent Tactic Turns In Final Major Move For Arkansas Derby

Silent Tactic Turns In Final Major Move For Arkansas Derby

John Oxley's Silent Tactic (Tacitus) drilled five furlongs in 1:01.60 (7/11) Thursday morning at Oaklawn Park in advance of the Mar. 28 GI Arkansas Derby, for which he figures one of the top few betting selections. A $60,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling turned $500,000 OBS April juvenile, Silent Tactic was returning to the worktab for the first time since dropping a nose decision to Class President (Uncle Mo) in the GII Rebel Stakes on Mar. 1. …

Derby works: Silent Tactic drills ahead of Arkansas Derby

Silent Tactic completed major preparations for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby with a maintenance workout over a fast track Thursday morning at Oaklawn. Under two-time Oaklawn riding champion Cristian Torres, Silent Tactic breezed during the special 10-minute workers-only period immediately after the surface renovation break, going five furlongs in 1:01.6. It was Silent Tactic's first published work since finishing second, beaten a nose…