sentences:  Hard Spun was expected to next start in the Blue Grass Stakes on the Polytrack at Keeneland Race Course, but Jones instead decided to go directly to Churchill Downs to see if the colt could handle its dirt surface.Hard Spun passed his test and finished 2nd at the Kentucky Derby on May 5.For Hard Spun's owner, trainer, and veteran jockey, it marked their first entry in America's most prestigious horse race.