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Kentucky Derby winner Country House will not run in the Preakness Stakes on May 18 at Pimlico, trainer Bill Mott said Tuesday, after Country House started to show signs of becoming ill at Churchill Downs, where he has remained following his Derby victory on Saturday.
“He developed a little bit of a cough this morning,” Mott said by telephone. “His appetite is good. He doesn’t have a fever. But he’s coughing. We drew blood. He’s acting like he's going to get sick. He’s off the training list, and if he’s off the training list he’s off the Preakness list.
When it became evident that Bourbon War wasn’t going to make it into the body of the Kentucky Derby field, his connections began leaning toward starting him in Saturday’s Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park.
After they watched the results of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, his connections made a change of plans. Now, Bourbon War is headed to the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes on May 18 at Pimlico.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Flavien Prat was 23 in 2016 when he attended his first Kentucky Derby and watched Nyquist win.
Earlier that day, Prat won the Grade 1 Humana Distaff on Taris and was done for the afternoon by post time for the Kentucky Derby. In those days, Prat, who was born and raised in France, was more fascinated by the Breeders’ Cup series and its wide array of races than he was by the Kentucky Derby.
“As a European rider, for us it’s more about the Breeders’ Cup,” he said Sunday at Santa Anita.
The following is a list of DRF resources and content related to the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 18, 2019.
KENTUCKY DERBY RECAPS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Haikal, the Grade 3 Gotham winner and third-place finisher in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, will scratch from Saturday’s $3 million Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs due to an abscess on his left front foot, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Friday morning.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There is a winner’s circle in the Churchill Downs infield that is used on one weekend a year. It is ringed by rose bushes in a horseshoe shape, calling to mind the garland of roses placed around the Kentucky Derby winner’s neck when he steps into that circle.
CHURCHILL DOWNS
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The first local appearances of Japan’s Master Fencer and New York invaders Tax and Haikal were among the highlights during the Oaks/Derby training session that took place under ideal conditions Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – But for a desperate lunge and the bob of a nose, Mike Trombetta wouldn’t even be here at Churchill Downs this week.
“I’d be back home in Maryland getting this horse ready for the Preakness,” said the 52-year-old trainer of Kentucky Derby starter Win Win Win.