One Liner (Into Mischief), undefeated winner of the GIII Southwest S. at Oaklawn Park, will miss this Saturday's GI Arkansas Derby and the May 6 GI Kentucky Derby, WinStar Farm's Elliott Walden confirmed Monday. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the son of Into Mischief will instead go to WinStar Farm in Kentucky for some tests. The WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing-owned bay breezed five furlongs in 1:01.80 (4/7) at Palm Beach Downs Apr. 8.
“Basically we are going to bring him back to WinStar to run some diagnostics on him,” said WinStar's Elliott Walden. “If he's not right, we're not going to run him. He did not work well. I felt that he wasn't ready to run an 'A' race. He's too nice a horse not to [take a cautious approach]. We will look into it a little further and hopefully get him back in the summertime.”
Off the mark at first asking at Saratoga in July, the Kentucky-bred added a Gulfstream allowance Jan. 26, before his 3 1/2-length Southwest tally Feb. 20.
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