Gouverneur Morris being treated for leg infection

ELMONT, N.Y. – The 3-year-old Gouverneur Morris has developed a leg infection that could put an intended start in the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes on July 11 at Keeneland in jeopardy.

Trainer Todd Pletcher said Gouverneur Morris was sent to the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland earlier in the week, where he would undergo oxygen-tank treatment. He is expected to be there for at least a week.

“It puts the Blue Grass as a question mark,” Pletcher said Friday. “The Peter Pan could be in play, we’ll just have to play it by ear.”

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It was announced Friday that the Peter Pan, typically run at Belmont in early May, has been scheduled for the July 16 opening-day card at Saratoga. It will be run at 1 1/8 miles around two turns and will offer 85 qualifying points toward the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby.

Through a variety of placing in stakes, Gouverneur Morris has accumulated 34 points toward the Derby. Last year, he finished second in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity and this year he has finished fourth in the Florida Derby and third in a division of the Arkansas Derby.

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