Splint injury sidelines Mitole

ELMONT, N.Y. – Mitole, the freakishly fast 3-year-old sprinter, will be sidelined indefinitely due to a splint bone injury, trainer Steve Asmussen said.

Mitole, who won the Chick Lang Stakes at Pimlico during Preakness week, was under consideration for Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes.

“He had a couple of good weeks, but thought he was a little sensitive on the splint Monday and decided not to work him,” Asmussen said.

Asmussen said the splint would be freeze-fired and Mitole would get some time off.

Asmussen said, “We’ll look to get him back at 100 percent” before he targets a race for Mitole.

◗ Enticed, the Gotham winner and Wood Memorial runner-up, worked three furlongs in 38 seconds on June 1 over the synthetic surface at the Greentree training facility in Saratoga.

Enticed, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, is pointing to the Grade 3, $300,000 Dwyer Stakes here on July 7.