Schwarzenegger misses debut with minor injury

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The highly anticipated debut of the 2-year-old colt Schwarzenegger will have to wait.

Listed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite in Friday’s sixth race, a 5 1/2-furlong maiden turf affair, Schwarzenegger was scratched after he hit himself in a front ankle while in his stall Friday morning, according to trainer Wesley Ward.

Ward said Schwarzenegger jogged Friday morning. When he got back to the barn, he hit himself in the stall, causing a hematoma on the back of a front ankle. It became swollen, but by early afternoon the swelling had already come down, Ward said.

“He’s feeling so good he can’t stand himself, that’s the problem,” Ward said. “He was bucking and kicking and he hit right on top of the vein. It’s already perfect.”

Ward said he would look to run Schwarzenegger a maiden turf race in a couple of weeks.

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