Last year's GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner White Abarrio (Race Day) will miss the John A. Nerud Stakes at Belmont's Aqueduct meet according to a report from C Two Racing Stable. The 5-year-old, who was moved back to trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. after finishing off the board in both the G1 Saudi Cup and the GI Hill 'N' Dale Metropolitan Handicap for trainer Rick Dutrow, had been targeting the July 6 cutback but is still getting over an illness following his start in the Met Mile.
“We are not going there,” said C Two Racing Stable's Racing Manager Mark Cornett. “He was sick and has to get over that first. We'll be looking for a new spot at the appropriate time whenever that may be. We are taking it day by day, letting the horse tell us what to do. Whenever his blood work gets right and he gets over whatever this is that he has.”
White Abarrio previously enjoyed success in last year's GI Whitney Stakes before his Breeders' Cup triumph.
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