YET ANOTHER SCRATCH: FAVORITE BREAKS LEG.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Injuries and illnesses are so common, sometimes it seems every major race is missing an important horse. So up to a point, fans have to forget about who isn't running and enjoy who is. The Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. just went beyond that point. Formal Gold, who would have been favored in the $4-million race at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
The announcement came less than a week after leading Horse of the Year candidate Gentlemen was sidelined with a virus. Those withdrawals leave Belmont Stakes Belmont Stakes Oldest of the three U.S. horse races that constitute the Triple Crown. The Belmont originated in 1867 and is named after August Belmont (see Belmont family). The stakes is held in early June at Belmont Park, near Garden City, Long Island; the course is 1.5 mi (2,400 m). winner Touch Gold and eastern star Skip Away Skip Away (born April 4, 1993), a gray thoroughbred race horse, was named America's Champion 3 Year Old Male in 1996 and twice (1997, 1998) named America's Champion Handicap Horse. as the favorites among eight horses pointing for the Classic, which would match the smallest field in 13 previous runnings of the 1-1/4-mile race. Formal Gold's injury, discovered after a Thursday morning gallop at Hollywood Park, is known as a condylar con·dy·lar adj. Relating to a condyle. condylar (kän´dilur), adj pertaining to the mandibular condyle. condylar axis, n See axis, condylar. fracture and is not life-threatening. In fact, attending veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. Dr. Wade Byrd said the 4-year-old son of 1991 Classic winner Black Tie Affair has an ``excellent'' chance to race again after surgery. Still, the news is crushing for owner John Murphy and trainer Bill Perry. They recently watched Formal Gold beat Skip Away by more than five lengths in the Iselin Handicap at Monmouth Park and the Woodward at Belmont Park to send his earnings for the year over $1 million. ``One minute, I'm happy, convinced he would win the race,'' said Perry, who had returned to his New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of headquarters following the colt's Oct. 24 workout. ``The next minute, he is out of it completely. . . . I guess, right now, I feel pretty numb.'' Exercise rider David Nunn said nothing seemed amiss as Formal Gold galloped 1-3/8 miles Thursday. ``He came off the track great, jogged home, and I said, `They'll never beat this horse, he's that good right now,' '' Nunn said. ``We took him outside, gave him a bath. . . . As soon as we walked him off from the bath, he couldn't walk.'' Also announced Friday: Silver Maiden is out of the Juvenile Fillies because of a virus, letting Bob Baffert-trained Marie J into the field; and Desert King is out of the Turf because of a fever. |
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