After fading to finish last in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, Forbidden Kingdom has been taken off the Kentucky Derby trail. According to bloodhorse.com, the 3-year-old son of American Pharoah could be suffering from an airway issue.
“Trainer Richard Mandella has taken him off the Derby (trail),” Joe Moran, co-owner MyRacehorse's West Coast racing manager, told bloodhorse.com. “He's going to get the epiglottis further inspected to just confirm the issue and what we're exactly dealing with.”
Also owned by Spendthrift Farm, Forbidden Kingdom won the G2 San Felipe Stakes and the G2 San Vicente earlier this year. A $300,000 purchase at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Select Yearling Showcase, the colt has won three of his six starts for earnings of $434,500.
In other Kentucky Derby news, Classic Causeway could also be skipping the first Saturday in May after finishing 11th in the G1 Florida Derby.
“He's got enough points to get in any time we want to get in,” trainer Brian Lynch told bloodhorse.com. “So we are just going to take our time with him and make sure everything is right, and not just get over ambitious to be running a horse in the Derby for the sake of running a horse in the Derby.”
The updated points standings on the Road to the Kentucky Derby are available here: Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard.
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