Arkansas Derby Winner Renegade to Return to Florida Base Tuesday

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Mike Repole and Robert and Lawana Low's Renegade (Into Mischief) exited his victory in Saturday's GI Arkansas Derby in fine form and will return to his South Florida base of Palm Beach Downs on Tuesday, according to trainer Todd Pletcher.“I just love the progression that he's making,” Pletcher said. “Very, very happy for the Lows and the Repoles. Great win for them. We're just fortunate to have a colt of this quality.”In his previous start, Renegade was a 3 ¾-length winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes at 1 1/16 miles Feb. 7 at Tampa Bay Down.Renegade's Arkansas Derby win represented a record sixth for the Hall of Fame trainer. Pletcher and Repole teamed to win the 2013 Arkansas Derby with Overanalyze. Pletcher won the race again in 2018 with Magnum Moon, who was owned the Lows.“We've been lucky over the years,” Pletcher said of Oaklawn. “It's kind of cool because my dad [J.J. Pletcher] used to race there when he was training. Hot Springs and Oaklawn have always been a special place to us.”Silent Tactic (Tacitus), runner-up in the Arkansas Derby, also emerged from Saturday's race in good order.“Pletcher's horse is an unbelievable horse,” Caden Arthur, who oversees Mark Casse's Oaklawn's division, said Sunday morning. “We knew he was going to come. We were just trying to hold him off and we couldn't. We got the jump on him down the backside and the turn, but it's OK. We'll take second. We got the points and he looks good today. We'll move on to the first Saturday in May, hopefully.”According to Arthur, the colt will have one more work at Oaklawn before heading to Churchill Downs prior to the Kentucky Derby. The post Arkansas Derby Winner Renegade to Return to Florida Base Tuesday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.