Hat Creek’s Racing’s Percy’s Bar, winner of the opening-day Central Bank Ashland (G1), ramped up her preparations for the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) by working a half-mile in :47 over a fast track at Keeneland Thursday morning. The time was the fastest for 30 works at the distance this morning.

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Working on her own at 9 a.m. — after the second morning renovation period — with jockey Luan Machado up, Percy’s Bar produced fractions of :12.20, :23.40, :35.40, :47 and out five-eighths in :59.60.

“It was a good work and she did it well within herself,” trainer Ben Colebrook said while flashing a thumbs up. “I am not worried about her bouncing off the layoff. We thought the best route (to get to the Kentucky Oaks) was to get the one prep and move on from there.”

Percy’s Bar’s victory in the Central Bank Ashland came after a five-month layoff from her troubled third-place finish in the NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar.

“Everything has all worked out,” Colebrook said. “She has gained weight and started to fill out. It is everything we hoped for.”

Colebrook plans to take Percy’s Bar to Churchill Downs on April 25. She won the Debutante (L) there last summer in her second start.

In the interim, Percy’s Bar might have one more work at Keeneland.

“Maybe. She’ll tell me, but I’ll do something with her,” Colebrook said. “If I do work, I may put her with horses in front of her or she’ll have an open gallop.”