Godolphin's First Resort (Uncle Mo), winner of the GII Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes last November, has been forced off the Triple Crown trail by a hairline fracture in his left hock, according to trainer Eoin Harty. The news was first reported by Daily Racing Form's Dave Grening.
First Resort was expected to make his sophomore debut in Saturday's John Battaglia Stakes, but was scratched out of that race when when Harty noticed stiffness in that left leg following a work at Turfway Feb. 18.
The injury is not expected to need surgery and Harty is hopeful the colt will be back for a summer/fall campaign.
“Should hopefully heal quickly–60 days,” Harty reported.
A debut winner at Ellis Park last July, First Resort was second in the GII Saratoga Special Stakes and fourth in the GI Summer Stakes. He has not raced since his front-running victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club.
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