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Songster out indefinitely

Godolphin's top sprinter Songster will be out indefinitely with a strained ligament, Mettee said Wednesday.

Songster, a 4-year-old son of Songandaprayer, made a stellar seasonal debut, winning the Grade 3 Bold Ruler Handicap by 2 1/2 lengths on May 12. He was training toward a start in the Grade 2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga on July 28. On Sunday, he worked five furlongs in 1:01.24 over the Belmont main track.

"He did not come out of the work good," Mettee said. "He's got a strained ligament. He's going to be off for some time. We're going to have some scans done, redo them, and see where we are. He won't be going up to Saratoga with us. He really trained good. We're really disappointed."

As a 3-year-old, Songster won the Grade 2 Woody Stephens and Grade 3 Hirsch Jacobs. Overall, Songster has a record of 4-3-0 from 8 starts. He has earned $367,740.


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Discreet Cat back on track

Mettee reported that Discreet Cat has been jogging for about two weeks and will likely begin galloping next week when he ships to Saratoga. Discreet Cat, who won last year's Grade 1 Cigar Mile, has not raced since finishing last in the Dubai World Cup.

Discreet Cat was found to have a throat abscess out of that race. He arrived here in early May and was simply walking under tack until two weeks ago.

"He's jogging sound and we're real happy with him," Mettee said. "He'll probably start galloping by the time we get up to Saratoga. We don't have a time frame for his first breeze. Once he gets into galloping, it won't be long until we get him into a little breeze. When he's good, he'll come to hand pretty fast."

Mettee said Godolphin has not targeted a return spot for Discreet Cat, who last year won a third-level allowance race at Saratoga by 11 lengths in his first start since winning that year's UAE Derby. Two years ago, he won his career debut at Saratoga.


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