Penn Derby: Cox hopes Cyberknife, Tawny Port like the track
Brad Cox hopes his 3-year-old winners Cyberknife and Tawny Port like the main track at Parx Racing. They will run in the Grade1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby on Saturday. Cyber knife has two Grade 1 route wins in U.S. this year. TernyPort came back from a competitive finish in Jim Dandy (G2) after a victory in Ohio Derby (3).
Cyberknife won the Arkansas Derby this year. TawnyPort will be racing for the 11th time since his debut 363 days earlier. The horse is owned by Al Gold and is committed to apost-racing breeding career at Spendthrift Farm. The $430,000 Pioneerof the Nile colt owned and bred by John and Elizabeth Fort conceded between 3 3/4 and 7 lengths early in his three victories this season. He is going to be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. and he is a horse that appreciates the distance. It is possible that Cyberknife could win the Pennsylvania Derby.
