Whisper Hill Farm's homebred Charge It has been ruled out of the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers (G1) Saturday with an abscess on his right front foot.
Initially scheduled to have his final breeze for the Travers this weekend, Charge It was out for a Sunday morning gallop.
“He galloped super, but you could tell jogging back he was a little bit tender on it,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “It's one of those things where if we didn't need to breeze again, we might be able to get it healed up before the race, but needing to get another work into him, it's just unfortunate timing.”
Pletcher said Charge It, a son of Tapit who last time out won the Dwyer (G2) by 23 lengths July 2 and finished second in the Curlin Florida Derby (G1) this spring, could target the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) on September 24 at Parx.
“That's our next possible target, but the foot is going to dictate when he's going to be ready to breeze again,” Pletcher said.
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