OZONE PARK, N.Y. - War Pass, last year's juvenile champion and a leading contender for the Kentucky Derby, suffered a cut on his chin on the flight from south Florida to New York, but it will not impact his starting status for Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.
According to trainer Nick Zito, the landing of a Tex Sutton flight Thursday afternoon at Farmingdale Airport on Long Island was a bit bumpy and War Pass hit his head on a bar where he was standing, causing a small hole in his chin from where he was bleeding.