Godolphin homebred Pacific Avenue (Dubawi {Ire}) sustained an injury to his right foreleg on Wednesday morning during routine exercise for trainer Charlie Appleby at Saratoga Race Course and has been scratched from Saturday's GI Saratoga Derby, according to a press release on Wednesday from the track.
“Yes, it's a shame from this morning,” Appleby said. “He was finishing up a routine exercise there and just when he came back to the barn, the team didn't like how he was cooling out. The vet team was there, and he went under supervision there and we sent him on to Rood & Riddle for further examination. Hopefully, they'll get to the bottom of whatever it is and what needs to be done.”
A regally bred dual-winning son of perennial top global sire Dubawi and Group 1 Cheveley Park winner Lumiere (Shamardal), the Classic-placed gray colt was a troubled seventh last out in the GI Belmont Derby July 4. Two back, he was third in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh.
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