Greenpointcrusader recovering from eye ulcer

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Greenpointcrusader, the Grade 1 Champagne winner, came out of his seventh-place finish as the 7-2 favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile with an ulcer in his left eye, according to trainer Dominick Schettino.

The ulcer, likely the result of getting hit in the eye with dirt during the race, was treated with antibiotics and is healing. Greenpointcrusader, who is back at Belmont, is simply walking each morning. He will not run again this year.

Schettino said he didn’t know when Greenpointcrusader got hit in the Juvenile.

“Otherwise, he came out of it in good shape,” Schettino said. “We’re going to freshen him up and point to his 3-year-old year.”

Schettino said he was to sit down with owners Vinnie Viola and Anthony Bonomo over the weekend to determine whether Greenpointcrusdaer would winter in New York or south Florida.