Castle Chaos to scratch from Gulfstream Mile, run in Stymie

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Castle Chaos will scratch from Saturday’s Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Mile and instead run in Saturday’s $150,000 Stymie Stakes at Aqueduct.

Castle Chaos is coming out of a nose defeat to Tumbarumba in the Grade 3 Fred Hooper at Gulfstream on Jan. 27. Prior to that, he finished third, behind Hoist the Gold and Senor Buscador in the Grade 2 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.

Castle Chaos had drawn the rail for the Gulfstream Park Mile.

“We thought it would be a little bit easier spot,” trained Robert Falcone Jr. said of the Stymie, which was scheduled to be drawn Wednesday. “We didn’t love [drawing] the one post. We’ll get a second chance. If we get it here, it is what it is.”

Change of Command turned out

Change of Command, 11th as the second choice in the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 10, has been turned out for 60 days, trainer Shug McGaughey said Wednesday.

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Change of Command, who had won two straight races at Gulfstream before the Sam Davis, was an up-close presence in the Sam Davis until the real running started and he began to retreat. McGaughey didn’t indicate there was a specific physical issue with the horse.

“Something caused him to stop like that, so we just gave him some time,” McGaughey said.

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