Pamplemousse Scratched; Out 6 months

[dpkovalesky]

Is Take The Points going to run now?

[AlexP]

The TDN has the director of publicity for SA saying all three vets conferred, but he doesn't know if it was a vet scratch or a trainer scratch. The headline (which is all there is so far) on Paulick Report says possible concern over left front tendon.

[Mike]

I initially thought that Z Day was a perfect beneficiary, but wasn't he just a rabbit for Pioneer of the Nile's sake?

I screwed up and made the bet on Z Day in haste. He has only been racing in 6 furlong sprints, now entered as a rabbit in a mile and an eight Graded stakes race

[mbahadur]

Originally Posted by Mike

I initially thought that Z Day was a perfect beneficiary, but wasn't he just a rabbit for Pioneer of the Nile's sake?

I screwed up and made the bet on Z Day in haste. He has only been racing in 6 furlong sprints, now entered as a rabbit in a mile and an eight Graded stakes race

I wonder if Zayat will now scratch Z Day with the Pamplemousse out of the race.

[mbahadur]

Originally Posted by dpkovalesky

Is Take The Points going to run now?

The horse has not been scratched yet. However, he would need a new jockey as his named jock is riding at Gulfstream today in a stakes race.

I wonder if Alex Solis could pick up the mount.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by mbahadur

The horse has not been scratched yet. However, he would need a new jockey as his named jock is riding at Gulfstream today in a stakes race.

I wonder if Alex Solis could pick up the mount.

No he is in fact scratched.

[mclem0822]

It is a tendon, he will be checked out further tomorrow and if it isn't serious, he could run in the Blue Grass, and or train right up to the Derby. Comments made by phone on TVG.

[letswastemoney]

I guess all the rumors he wasn't doing well were true

[SlewsMyHero]

Julio Canani was on At the Races with Steve yesterday at about 6:15PM EDT and said the horse was doing great. Has anyone ever heard a trainer say that their horse is not doing well or training great, or is just doing mediocre? Every time I hear a trainer interviewed they all say their horse is training great.

[richard burch]

THE PAMPLEMOUSSE SCRATCHED FROM SANTA ANITA DERBY


The Pamplemousse, 9-5 morning line favorite for today’s Santa Anita Derby, was declared a stakes scratch shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday.


“Dr. (Jill) Bailey (D.V.M. representing the Los Angeles Turf Club), during her pre-race examination, identified an issue that she brought to the attention of (trainer) Julio (Canani),” explained Dr. Rick Arthur, Equine Medical Director for the California Horse Racing Board in a telephone press conference in Santa Anita’s press box around 11 a.m.


“Julio had his veterinarian, Dr. Helmuth von Bluecher, look at the horse, and agreed there was an issue that needed further diagnostics, and they scratched the horse, because what needed to be done couldn’t be done between now and race time (post time for the Santa Anita Derby was listed at 2:40 p.m.),” Arthur continued. “Julio erred on the side of the horse, which they should have done, and in line with the type of horseman he (Canani) is.


“This is a stakes scratch. He is not on the vet’s list, and frankly, I wouldn’t talk about the specifics of anything like that. It’s inappropriate for obvious reasons . . . You can scratch a horse in stakes races up to an hour before post time . . . Julio still has goals for this horse.”


Arthur said Dr. Bailey’s examination “probably was a little after seven (a.m.), and Dr. von Bleucher probably got to the barn about 9:30. They sent the horse out (to the track) and trained and looked at the horse a little bit later. Julio understands what Dr. Bailey’s concern was, and when it was pointed out to him, he became concerned as well, so I think everything worked the way it was supposed to work.


“Julio obviously is terribly, terribly disappointed . . . We’ve been in this game long enough to know that the Derby trail breaks a lot of hearts.”

[The Indomitable DrugS]

This was a pretty interesting comment I read mid-day yesterday in the Santa Anita Barn notes section from trainer Greg Gilchrist....

Greg Gilchrist: “It looks pretty wide open. I’ve heard stories that The Pamplemousse is not doing well; I don’t know. That’s just a story I heard. I think you’d have to like Pioneerof the Nile.”

I should note that they asked more than a dozen horsemen about the race - and Gilchrist was the only one who hinted that The Pamplemousse might have a problem.