Bolt d'Oro, 12th in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, has remained in Kentucky, is currently training at Keeneland, and could run in the Preakness Stakes, the Penn Mile, or the Woody Stephens, trainer Mick Ruis said in a text message Thursday morning.

The Preakness, May 19 at Pimlico, is the number one choice "if we have a good track" and "if all goes well in training," Ruis said.

"If not, Bolt will be staying at our Keeneland barn until his next start," Ruis said, saying "the two possibilities" if he bypasses the Preakness are the Penn Mile on turf on June 2 at Penn National, or the Woody Stephens at seven furlongs on dirt on the Belmont Stakes undercard on June 9.

Prior to the Derby, Ruis said Bolt d'Oro would run in the Preakness as long as he came out of the Derby in good condition.

However, on Sunday morning, the day after the Derby, Ruis said he was going to ship Bolt d'Oro back to California, freshen him up, and point for the Pacific Classic this summer at Del Mar, with one prep prior, against 3-year-olds, the timing on that indicating the Haskell at Monmouth was the most likely spot.

But Bolt d'Oro instead remained in Kentucky and was vanned over to Keeneland, where Ruis has a stable under assistant Austin Trites, a former assistant with George Weaver who recently came into Ruis's employ and will be based in Kentucky. Ruis also owns a farm only a few miles from Keeneland that he purchased a few months ago.