The discipline for the 2023 Preakness Stakes is all the way down to seven, as First Mission has scratched as a consequence of an damage.
According to a launch from Godolphin Racing, coach Brad Cox had been working with the veterinary group the previous few days to determine a left hind challenge with First Mission. Godolphin selected Friday morning to tug the horse from the sphere.
“We are obviously very disappointed, but the welfare of the horse is our utmost concern, and we are going to take the necessary steps to determine the best course of action to get him back on the track,” stated Godolphin’s Michael Banahan.
First Mission was the winner of the Lexington Stakes, however Cox selected to not run the horse within the Kentucky Derby, giving it over a month of relaxation forward of the Preakness. First Mission was the second alternative on the morning line, listed at 5-2 odds.
Mage is searching for to develop into the primary Triple Crown winner since Justify again in 2018. The Kentucky Derby winner is the one horse within the Preakness discipline who ran at Churchill Downs. The final time only one Derby participant was within the Preakness discipline? Back in 1948 when Citation adopted up a win on the Kentucky Derby with a victory at Pimlico. Citation went on to assert the Triple Crown with a win on the Belmont Stakes.
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