Trainer Chad Brown has opted not to enter top Sprint contender in this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships, reports the Daily Racing Form. No decision has been made about 3-year-old son of Munnings' immediate future. He is owned by Jim Bakke, Gerald Isbister, and Coolmore.
“It was a difficult decision, but it's my understanding that the veterinary teams in charge of clearing horses to participate are likely to scratch the horse on or before race day primarily based on the way he moves,” Brown told DRF. “I have done my due diligence and radiographed Jack Christopher from head to toe and sent the information to Dr. Larry Bramlage [of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital], and no fractures or areas of concern were found by him.
“Despite this, I feel it's best for all parties involved not to have him scratched later this week and take away from the positive media coverage that should be the focus of our industry's championship weekend.”
Jack Christopher is a three-time Grade 1 winner with earnings of $1,216,400, whose only defeat came in this year's Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.
Last fall, the colt was scratched by the Breeders' Cup veterinarians ahead of last year's Juvenile, and later underwent surgery to insert a screw in his left shin.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
JACK CHRISTOPHER is on the track! A notoriously strange-jogging horse, he always warms out of it and gallops comfortably. @FanDuelTVSimon compares his way of going with Manny Wah. pic.twitter.com/cY8E10Rr7R
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