Juddmonte Farms' Hofburg (Tapit) will miss Saturday's GI Travers S. after spiking a fever, Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said Sunday. The chestnut, second in the GI Florida Derby in March and third in the GI Belmont S. June 9, was last seen capturing Saratoga's Curlin S. in impressive fashion July 27. He had posted two workouts in the interim, but missed his scheduled training this weekend.
“Hofburg will not run in the Travers,” Mott said. “He's been off the training list the last two days and we're not going to force ourselves into the Travers.”
Hofburg vaulted himself on to the 3-year-old scene with a sharp maiden victory off an extended layoff Mar. 3 at Gulfstream-an effort that set him up for his Florida Derby try. He was subsequently a belatedly closing seventh in the GI Kentucky Derby May 5 prior to returning to New York for the Belmont and Curlin.
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