Horses pulled up in two consecutive races, but walk off track

Horses in consecutive races at Del Mar on Friday were pulled up by their riders, but subsequently walked off the course accompanied by an outrider’s pony.

In Race 3, Veteran, under Abel Cedillo, was leading coming to the quarter pole in a six-furlong maiden-claiming race was pulled out of the race. He has stopped suddenly in all three of his races, but this was the first time he had been pulled up.

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In Race 4, a six-furlong claiming race, Tiago Pereira pulled up Sturdy One while moving around the far turn.

Stewards Luis Jauregui and Kim Sawyer said it appeared to them, after watching video of both incidents, that Veteran had suffered from a temporary issue in a hind leg, and that Sturdy One had taken a bad step at the three-furlong pole. They did not interview either rider post race. They said the track veterinarian would follow up on the condition of both horses at their respective barns.