Deputy Glitters solid in last work

After an unscheduled 15-day vacation, trainer Tom Albertrani was back at work Tuesday, overseeing the final preparations of Deputy Glitters for Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes.Albertrani, who on May 20 won the Preakness with Bernardini, was forced to serve a 15-day suspension from May 22 through Monday after one of his horses tested positive for the banned tranquilizer acepromazine on April 1. Albertrani spent three days in the Bahamas with his wife, Fonda, and their daughters, Teal and Noelle.
"I haven't had a family outing in years, so it was nice in a way, but under the circumstances you don't want to spend your days away like that," Albertrani said.
With rain in the forecast for Tuesday night into Wednesday, Albertrani moved up by one day Deputy Glitters's final workout. Under exercise Simon Harris, Deputy Glitters worked a solid five furlongs in 59.82 seconds, the fifth-fastest of 41 works at the distance over a fast Belmont main track. Daily Racing Form caught the final three furlongs of the work in 35.47 seconds. He galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.02.
"Super work," Albertrani said. "I had him 12 [second furlongs] all the way. He's always been a good work horse; you never really have to ask him to do much. When he's doing good he'll just take a hold of the bit and all you need to do is sit still on him. Like today, he was doing that pretty much on his own. Simon was just sitting on him, which was a good sign."
Deputy Glitters, who won the Tampa Bay Derby over probable Belmont Stakes favorite Bluegrass Cat, finished eighth in the Kentucky Derby. Albertrani said Deputy Glitters was farther back than he would have preferred in the Derby, and the wide trip he had may have made the difference between finishing fourth and eighth.
Source: horseracing.sportsline.com