Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) – Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Fort Larned is an early scratch from Saturday’s Woodward at Saratoga Race Course.<\/p>\n
The 5-year-old, trained by Ian Wilkes, has a slight injury that will prevent him from running in the $750,000 1 1\/8-mile stakes.<\/p>\n
“He worked great Monday morning and jogged and walked fine Tuesday and Wednesday,” said Wilkes. “This morning, he was not 100 percent in his training. He was a little off behind. It’s not serious, possibly a pulled muscle, but when you are competing against horses on this level, you have to be 100 percent.”<\/p>\n
Fort Larned drew post 3 in the seven-horse Woodward and was the 4-1 fourth choice in the morning-line. Wilkes indicated that the horse will probably start in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sept. 28 at Belmont Park, a race in which he finished third to Flat Out last year.<\/p>\n
Fort Larned was fifth to Cross Traffic in the Whitney after winning the Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs in June. He has banked $4,053,917 with nine wins in 23 lifetime starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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