Graded stakes winner and former classic starter Disarm, runner-up in the Travers (G1) Aug. 26 at Saratoga, will not start again this year and has been sent to Dr. Larry Bramlage at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington for evaluation, trainer Steve Asmussen told Daily Racing Form.
Asmussen said the Gun Runner colt, who finished one length behind winner Arcangelo in the Travers, emerged from the race “pretty jammed up.”
Following evaluation, Disarm is to be sent to Winchell's Corinthia Farm in Lexington and the length of his stay would be contingent on Bramlage's recommendations, Asmussen told the Form.
A Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred, Disarm's lone win from seven starts this year came in the Matt Winn (G3) June 11 at the Churchill Downs meet at Ellis Park. After taking an allowance optional claimer Feb. 19 at Oaklawn to start his sophomore campaign, he posted a second in the Louisiana Derby (G2) March 25 at Fair Grounds and a third in the Stonestreet Lexington (G3) at Keeneland before finishing a creditable fourth in the Kentucky Derby (G1) May 6 at Churchill Downs, then rebounding to take the Winn over Verifying. He followed up with a fourth in the Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga in his start prior to the Travers in which he finished one length behind winner Arcangelo.
Overall, Disarm, who was produced by the Tapit mare Easy Tap, has a 2-3-2 record from nine career starts and $1,000,200 in earnings.
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