Kid Cruz scratched from Wood Memorial

Ozone Park, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Kid Cruz, trained by Linda Rice, will be scratched from Saturday’s $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct with a bad shoulder.

“He was showing a little soreness after his last race (the Private Terms at Laurel Park on March 8) and after he breezed Wednesday, he was not quite up to where we wanted him to be at this point,” said Rice. “It’s disappointing, but we’ll give him some more time between races and possibly look at the Illinois Derby (April 19 at Hawthorne).”

Kid Cruz, owned by Vina Del Mar Thoroughbreds and Black Swan Stable, won the Private Terms by four lengths after trailing in the 10-horse field. The colt has won half of his four career starts for $101,375. For The Wood, Kid Cruz had drawn the inside post in the 11-horse field and was 20-1 in the morning line.

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