Mystik Dan’s probabilities of successful the second leg of the Triple Crown are wanting higher after it was introduced on Wednesday that Preakness favourite Muth was dominated out of the upcoming race resulting from a fever.
The Bob Baffert-trained horse spiked a “excessive fever,” and because of this, Zedan Racing Stables introduced Muth was scratched from the 149th operating of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
Muth is seen on the monitor in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, on Nov. 1, 2023. (Horsephotos/Getty Photos)
“We’re extremely disillusioned that Muth will not be capable to run within the Preakness resulting from excessive fever,” the group mentioned in a press release.
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“Based mostly on the advice of our coach, we’re giving precedence to the horse’s long-term well being and protecting him from this race. We anticipate Muth to completely recuperate quickly.”
Baffert, who was not eligible to enter a horse on the Kentucky Derby due to his ban at Churchill Downs, will nonetheless be at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore this weekend with Creativeness, who can also be owned by Zedan Racing Stables.
Muth opened because the 8-5 favourite, forward of Mystik Dan at 5-2. Baffert mentioned the horse was dominated out after reaching a temperature of 103 levels Fahrenheit roughly 12 hours after arriving on the racecourse.
Coach Bob Baffert seems on after successful the Sir Barton Stakes with jockey John Velazquez and horse Arabian Lion forward of the 148th operating of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Might 20, 2023. (Patrick Smith/Getty Photos)
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“It’s disappointing as a result of we have been actually wanting ahead to it. He may very well be advantageous tomorrow,” Baffert mentioned Wednesday, by way of journalist Tim Wilkin. “We jumped on this immediately. You’ve bought to maintain the horse. We deal with him and you must neglect concerning the race.”
Baffert holds the document for probably the most wins on the Preakness, with final 12 months’s victory marking his eighth. Muth beforehand beat this 12 months’s Kentucky Derby winner, Mystik Dan, on the Arkansas Derby in March.
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Mystik Dan coach Kenny McPeek instructed The Related Press that the 3-year-old colt will probably be able to go regardless.
Mystik Dan, ridden by Brian J. Hernandez, Jr., wins the a hundred and fiftieth operating of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Might 4. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Publish by way of Getty Photos)
“It is a fragile recreation: It could possibly occur to any of them,” McPeek mentioned of Wednesday’s information. “I assume it places added stress on us, however he is prepared.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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