Greatest Honour turned in the first of his two scheduled works in preparation for the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 27, breezing an easy half-mile in company Saturday morning at Payson Park. The work was his first since rallying to a 1 ½ length victory over Drain the Clock in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park two weeks earlier.

“I didn’t expect anything different, that’s pretty much him and that’s all fine with me,” said McGaughey about an hour and one half after the work. “He’s not a real good work horse. He gets a lot out of what he does galloping. That’s that same kind of work he ran off prior to the Fountain of Youth and Holy Bull.”

McGaughey says as of now the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on March 27 remains the final target for Greatest Honour prior to the Kentucky Derby on May 1.

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