The $1 million CashCall Mile at Hollywood Park on Friday will not include expected favorite Wait a While, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006.
Trainer Todd Pletcher said on Wednesday that Wait a While had developed a temperature after being shipped to California on Tuesday. Wait a While had drawn post 3 and would have been favored to win her second stakes of the year.
Wait a While underwent a blood test after arriving from New York and the tests revealed an elevated white blood count, Pletcher said. "She looked okay this morning, but she's got a bit of a temperature," Pletcher said Wednesday in a telephone interview. "It's disappointing. She shipped so many times last year."
Pletcher said Wait a While's plans for the summer depend on how quickly she rebounds. She is still considered a candidate for the Beverly D. Stakes at Arlington Park on Aug. 11.
"The first order of business is to get her well," Pletcher said.
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