Virus knocks Gomo out of consideration for Kentucky Oaks

Grade 1 winner Gomo's run of bad luck continues, as trainer Doug O'Neill said the filly is at a Lexington, Ky., vet clinic being treated for a virus that will keep her out of the Kentucky Oaks on May 6 at Churchill Downs.

Gomo finished a creditable fourth in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks last month. It was her first start since winning the Grade 1 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland last fall, after which a bone chip kept her out of the Breeders' Cup.

Gomo arrived at Keeneland to train toward a spring target at Churchill Downs but recently developed the virus, resulting in her being taken to Hagyard Equine Medical Center.

"We were trying to make the Oaks with her or the Edgewood, but unfortunately, that's just not gonna happen," O'Neill said. "She'll be OK, but unfortunately, just under the weather at this point."