Flintshire will not run in BC Turf, heads to Japan instead
By Marcus Hersh
Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager for Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, just confirmed that FLINTSHIRE is being pointed to the Japan Cup and is not intended for the Breeders' Cup Turf later this month at Keeneland.
A story surfaced late this week that Flintshire could not travel both to the U.S. and to Japan because he had not been vaccinated for West Nile Virus. There also is the fact that GOLDEN HORN, who just convincingly defeated Flintshire in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, is expected to start favored in the BC Turf.
Even if Golden Horn indeed comes for the race, Flintshire's absence will sting a bit because he's such a wonderful horse, and one proven under American conditions. He was a fine second in the 2014 BC Turf after once again finishing second in last year's Arc, and his Sword Dancer win this summer at Saratoga was the definitive performance in the division anywhere in North America so far this year.
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