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Super Saver put in his final workout Monday for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes and the pursuit of the Triple Crown.

The Kentucky Derby winner breezed three furlongs in :36.60 at Churchill Downs under jockey Calvin Borel, galloping out five furlongs in 1:02.

“I was very pleased with the work,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “We are very encouraged by what we’ve seen since the Derby from him. Everything is good.”

Borel, who won the Preakness last year aboard the filly Rachel Alexandra, was also satisfied.

“It was real good, just what we wanted,” Borel said. “He switched leads on key – we’ve been working on that a little bit. It was perfect. You couldn’t ask for better, I don’t think.”

Super Saver is scheduled to ship to Baltimore Wednesday and gallop over the Pimlico surface on Thursday and Friday.

“He is pretty unique,” Pletcher said of Super Saver. “He is very athletic, a good mover and very efficient.”

Also working for Pletcher was Mission Impazible, who was ninth in the Derby. The 3-year-old breezed three furlongs in :36.40.

A decision on whether he will start in the Preakness likely will be made Wednesday.

Pletcher will also start Aikenite, second in the Derby Trial, in the Preakness.

One who appears likely for the Preakness is the unlucky Lookin At Lucky, who finished sixth in the Derby after breaking from the tough rail post.

“I’ve been watching him, looking for any little sign of not wanting to come,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “He’s been training well here, he’s moving well and is his old self. He deserves another chance at it.”

To change his luck, Baffert has changed jockeys, from the experienced Garrett Gomez to the 26-year-old Martin Garcia.

Gomez got acquainted with his new Preakness mount, Dublin, after working him a half-mile Monday at Churchill Downs in :48.40.

“I liked what I felt under me,” said Gomez, who is replacing Terry Thompson in the saddle. “He was very responsive. (Trainer) Wayne (Lukas) wanted a good easy half and didn’t want much of a gallop-out.”

Jackson Bend joined the Preakness field after blazing four furlongs in :46.60 Monday at Churchill Downs. The work was the fastest of 69 at the distance.

The Nick Zito-trained runner finished 12th in the Derby, but is hoping to rebound like Louis Quatorze did for Zito in 1996 when he went from 16th in the Derby to first in the Preakness.

Finally, A Little Warm was withdrawn from the Preakness, allowing First Dude into the race.

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