Landeskog to be scratched from Breeders' Cup Sprint

ARCADIA, Calif. - Landeskog will be scratched from the Breeders' Cup Sprint on Saturday, trainer Doug O'Neill said Tuesday morning.

"He's 95 percent. Not 100. We have to wait for another day," O'Neill said. "He's a cool horse with a bright future."

O'Neill said that Landeskog "cooled out a little funny" after his last work on Saturday. "He tied up, not bad," he said.

O'Neill said a nuclear scan was done and X-rays were clean. Landeskog went back to the track for a routine day of training on Tuesday, but O'Neill said he was "not 100 percent happy" with how he went and decided it was best to pass.

He said the owners of Landeskog, including Erik Johnson of the Colorado Avalanche, John Fuller, and Dave Kenney, "made it easy to do the right thing."

"They said the horse comes first," O'Neill said.

Landeskog, 3, is a gelding who has won twice in five starts and was second twice. He most recently was second in the Grade 2 Gallant Bob at Parx on Sept. 21.