Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Bayern is unlikely to start in next week’s $500,000 San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita.<\/p>\n
Trainer Bob Baffert confirmed that the 4-year-old colt is not ready to begin his 4-year-old campaign after suffering from an abscess on a hind foot.<\/p>\n
“I had to get a work into him last week (but didn’t),” Baffert said. “Right now it’s pretty doubtful he’s going to make the race. I don’t want to rush him into it.<\/p>\n
“He looks good now, but you can’t run against those horses unless you’re at least 90 percent.”<\/p>\n
Bayern, owned by Kaleem Shah, would have taken on Horse of the Year California Chrome and 2013 Eclipse Award winner Shared Belief in the 1 1\/8- mile San Antonio.<\/p>\n
Bayern won the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 1 at Santa Anita and earlier captured the Woody Stephens Stakes, Haskell Invitational and Pennsylvania Derby, The colt has earned $4,389,680 with six wins from 10 career races, all in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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