Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Bethlehem Stables' multiple Grade I winner World of Trouble (Kantharos), who had to be scratched as a heavy morning-line favorite from Saturday's GIII Troy S. at Saratoga, is recovering from a foot bruise and visited the track Sunday morning, according to trainer Jason Servis.
“He's better. He had a foot bruise. We tested it and he was tender, real tender. We kind of had to cut it out and it got a little more tender, nothing serious,” Servis told the NYRA notes team. “He actually went to the track today, but he's still a little tender on that foot. It's a shame. It was just bad timing. It showed up on Monday, and we were trying to make it.”
Servis said the Grade III Turf Monster S. Sept. 2 at Parx stands as the next target for World of Trouble at this point. A narrow runner-up in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, the bay is unbeaten in four starts this season, including victories in the GI Carter H. on dirt and GI Jaipur Invitational S. on turf.
“We were always going to run here and then try to make the Turf Monster, so we'll point for the Turf Monster,” Servis said. “He's a monster. He's a monster horse. I can't wait to breed to him.”
Elsewhere in Servis's barn, last year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up Uncle Benny (Declaration of War) will make his 2019 debut in Wednesday's Mahony S. for 3-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs on the grass.
“The distance might be an issue, but he's doing super. We thought it'd be a good starting point,” Servis said. “And, if it rains, we'll run. I don't know that he's as good a dirt horse, but I wouldn't scratch if it comes off. He's a nice, big, good-looking horse.”
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