Mr. A. P.

Holly and David Wilson's Mr. A. P. (American Pharoah), last seen finishing second in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, has been sidelined and will not be on the GI Kentucky Derby trail, according to a report in Daily Racing Form. "He had a little setback," trainer Vladimir Cerin told DRF's Brad Free. "I'm hoping he'll be ready at the end of March, which makes everything difficult." Cerin declined to reveal the ridgling's diagnosis, but told Free the issue had been diagnosed and resolved. "He needs a little more time," Cerin...

While chatting with owner David Wilson earlier this summer, trainer Vladimir Cerin mentioned a potential claim on Del Mar's July 31 program. "I told him that someone asked me to claim a horse for $150,000, but I really didn't like the horse," Cerin said. "And he said, 'Well, I like a different horse in that same race. Why don't we take him?'" A fantastic longshot second in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar Oct. 31, Mr. A. P. (American Pharoah) is him. Mr. A. P. was claimed by...

Trenchtown Cat (Discreet Cat), the dam of Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Mr. A.P. (American Pharoah) has been supplemented to Monday's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, the auction house said in a release Saturday afternoon. The 9-year-old mare, who is being consigned to the sale by Taylor Made Sales Agency, is one of two winners from two to race for the mare, a sister to Japanese Group 3 winner Air Khalifa and the Grade III-placed winner Princess Princess. The current yearling out of the mare, a colt by Constitution, fetched $325,000...

DEL MAR, Calif. - Hopefully they don't make a typo on his Eclipse trophy. Spendthrift Farm's Ted Noffey (Into Mischief), a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' completed his championship season a perfect four-for-four with a one-length decision in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar. Longshot Mr. A. P. (American Pharoah) rallied to grab second from 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Brant (Gun Runner). Ted Noffey is the 16th Breeders' Cup winner for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and his fifth in the Juvenile. "What I...

2nd-Santa Anita, $61,000, Msw, 10-13, 2yo, 1m, 1:38.01, ft, nose. MR. A. P. (r, 2, American Pharoah--Trenchtown Cat {MSW & GSP, $236,945}, by Discreet Cat) was audaciously claimed for $150,000 out of a debut runner-up effort at Del Mar July 31 and ran a winning race when beaten three-parts of a length into second by $1.15-million Keeneland September grad Kristofferson (Nyquist) at the seaside Aug. 31, earning a strong 88 Beyer for the effort. Beaten for speed in this first two-turn endeavor, the 3-5 favorite managed to tuck in and...