An impressive gate-to-wire winner of the Grade 1 Awesome Again at Santa Anita on Sept. 30, Slow Down Andy will miss his next scheduled appearance in the Breeders' Cup Classic. According to a report in the Daily Racing Form, the 4-year-old son of Nyquist exited his 2 1/4-length victory with a minor ankle injury.
“He came out of the [Awesome Again] with a little bit of filling in an ankle,” trainer Doug O'Neill told DRF. “He was sound on it, but had a little bit of filling. We X-rayed him, and he X-rayed clean. We followed up with a nuke scan, and he's got some heat in the ankle.”
Owners Paul and Zilla Reddam plan to race Slow Down Andy next year at age five, so he'll get 60 days of rest and return to training.
Slow Down Andy finished third in last year's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, two starts after winning the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby on the turf. Overall, Slow Down Andy has compiled a record of 5-4-3 from 14 starts for earnings of $1,276,600.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
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