Three Chimneys Farm and trainer John Ennis’ Great White tuned up for his dirt racing debut in Saturday’s Toyota Blue Grass (G1) by working a half-mile in company in :47.60 over a fast track Sunday morning.

Working with the 3-year-old maiden Just Munny and exercise rider Omar Torres, Great White started 2 lengths behind his stablemate and finished 2 lengths in front with fractions of :35.60, :47.60 and galloping out 5 furlongs in 1:01.20.

“He started off slow but then flew down the lane and (jockey) Alex (Achard) had a hard time pulling him up,” Ennis said. “It was a sharper work compared to last week (a half-mile in :52.60) when we wanted him to get a feel for the track.”

Great White is based at the nearby The Thoroughbred Center, where he returned after the work. Ennis said Great White would come back to Keeneland Wednesday or Thursday and would have a morning Paddock schooling session prior to the Toyota Blue Grass.

Great White has won two of three starts over the all-weather surface at Turfway Park, taking the Feb. 21 John Battaglia Memorial (L) in his most recent race. That is the same race Epic Ride ran in two years ago prior to his dirt debut in the Toyota Blue Grass in which he finished third behind Sierra Leone. Epic Ride then raced in the Kentucky Derby (G1).

“They are different horses and this one is probably a better horse. He has a high cruising speed,” Ennis said. “Epic Ride has some distance limitations but a mile and an eighth or a mile and a quarter is not an issue with (Great White). It would be interesting to go to the (Kentucky) Derby with him.”