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‘He’s Going To Be Up Against It’: Derby May Be A Longshot For Jack Christopher

Trainer Chad Brown told the Thoroughbred Daily News this week that Grade 1 winner Jack Christopher would be hard-pressed to make it into the field for this year's Kentucky Derby. The 3-year-old son of Munnings remains at least two weeks away from joining Brown in South Florida, the trainer said, as he's still recovering from an injury that kept him out of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

A winner on debut at Saratoga, Jack Christopher returned to capture the G1 Champagne at Belmont Park before shipping West, where he would likely have been the favorite in the World Championships race. Instead, the colt was scratched and Dr. Larry Bramlage wound up surgically inserting a screw to repair a stress fracture in his left shin.

Brown is not optimistic about having Jack Christopher ready for the Run for the Roses.

“He's going to be up against it, that's for sure,” Brown told the TDN. “I don't want to rule anything out until I put my hands on him, but he's certainly behind. To get him to go a mile-and-a-quarter I'm going to need to have something under his belt. We'll see where he takes us and if he doesn't make [the Derby] we have several other races we'd love to target with him.”

Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.

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Jackie’s Warrior Emerges From Breeders’ Cup With Knee Chip, Expected To Return In 2022

After finishing sixth as the heavy favorite in the Breeders' Cup Sprint, Jackie's Warrior was diagnosed with a chip in his left knee.

According to the Daily Racing Form, the 3-year-old son of Maclean's Music has undergone surgery with Dr. Larry Bramlage of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, and is expected to return to the races in 2022.

This year, Jackie's Warrior has won the G2 Pat Day Mile, G2 Amsterdam, G1 H. Allen Jerkens, and the G2 Gallant Bob.

“He's an unbelievable, tremendous horse,” trainer Steve Asmussen told DRF. “I thought that the Allen Jerkens against Life Is Good was as good as horse racing gets. Unbelievably fortunate to be involved with him and very anxious to race him next year – because they don't get any better.”

Report: Jackie’s Warrior Has Knee Chip Surgery, Will Race Next Year

J. Kirk and Judy Robison's talented sprinter/miler Jackie's Warrior (Maclean's Music) underwent surgery last week to remove a bone chip in his left knee, Daily Racing Form reports. The procedure was performed by Dr. Larry Bramlage last Friday. “He is going to do rehab at Becky Maker's farm in Lexington,” trainer Steve Asmussen told DRF. “We do plan on a 2022 campaign.” A two-time Grade I winner at two, Jackie's Warrior annexed the GII Pat Day Mile S. in May and was second by a neck in the GI Woody Stephens S. the following month. He took his next three, scoring emphatic wins in the GII Amsterdam S. and GII Gallant Bob S. on either side of a hard-fought victory over the fellow superstar Life Is Good (Into Mischief) in the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S. in August. The bay was most recently sixth at 1-2 odds in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint Nov. 6. It was announced last month that Spendthrift Farm had acquired Jackie's Warrior's breeding rights.

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Procedure for Jack Christopher After BC Scratch

Jack Christopher (Munnings), expected to go off the favorite in the GI TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile but scratched by the track veterinarians the day prior to the race, has had a screw inserted in his left shin due to a stress fracture, according to his ownership group's racing manager, Bradley Weisbord.

The news was first reported by the Blood-Horse.

“Jack Christopher saw Dr. Larry Bramlage the Wednesday following the Breeders' Cup,” said Weisbord. “He had a full examination, including a bone scan. A couple of areas lit up, mainly the left shin, which is the reason he scratched on the Thursday prior to the Juvenile. He had a procedure where one screw was inserted into his shin, which will be removed in three weeks. He will recover at WinStar Farm before heading to South Florida.”

The chestnut, owned by Jim Bakke, Gerald Isbister, Coolmore Stud and Peter Brant and trained by Chad Brown, made it two-for-two with an eye-catching win in Belmont's GI Champagne S. Oct. 2.

“Chad Brown has split strings between Payson Park and Palm Meadows,” said Weisbord. “It is undetermined at this time which string Jack Christopher will join. We will leave that up to Chad, but we look forward to seeing him on the track in early 2022.”

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