Godolphin's Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief), who was slated to start in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff on Saturday at Santa Anita, will scratch from the race and return to Kentucky due to not being 100%, said trainer Brendan Walsh, in a release from the Breeders' Cup Notes Team midday Friday.
Walsh confirmed that she would prepare for her 4-year-old campaign.
“After traveling, she got a little bit colicky and we had to treat her the next day,” said Walsh. “She's looked great on the track, but that's just her. She's been a little dull and not showing us what she usually does. I'm not running in a championship race if she's not 100% and, after the great season she's given us, she owes us nothing.”
The 3-year-old filly, winner of the GII Rachel Alexandra S. in her seasonal debut, was runner up in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks before annexing the GI Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs May 5. A narrow victor in the June 9 GI Acorn S. at Belmont Park, she added a win in Saratoga's GI Test S. The Godolphin hombred was last seen finishing second in the GI Cotillion S. at Park Racing Sept. 23.
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