On the turn for home after Following Sea fell back, Mandaloun and jockey Florent Geroux joined the leaders with a move along the rail.
He hugged the rail behind Midnight Bourbon and Following Sea for the first half of the 1 1/8-mile race. Medina Spirit subsequently tested positive for the presence of an anti-inflammatory steroid after the race and the state commission had not made a decision on whether the colt will be disqualified, awarding the Derby then to Mandaloun.Ī 3-year-old son of Into Mischief, Mandaloun ran a spectacular race Saturday. It's been two months since the the Juddemonte Farms owned-and-bred colt finished second behind Medina Spirit in the Derby, the opening leg of the Triple Crown for 3-year-olds. It put Mandaloun again was in the middle of a disputed finish. The track stewards immediately flashed the inquiry sign after the race and they didn't need long to place Hot Rod Charlie, the 4-5 favorite coming off a second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, last for interference. Jockey Flavien Prat, who rode Hot Rod Charlie, apologized the Lopez after the race. “I felt pain in my tendon there, and I couldn’t move my leg for about 10 minutes, but I am fine now I can bend my knee again. “My horse kicked me in the knee," Lopez said. Angelo Chinnici, Monmouth Park medical director, said Lopez had a soft tissue injury to his right knee and ankle and did not require further treatment. Lopez was put on board and removed to the track's medical office in an ambulance.ĭr.
Midnight Bourbon recovered from a tumble to the track and ran off uninjured, the on-call vet at the Jersey Shore track said. Watching the replay on the head-on, it looked like there would be a reversal.” “Somebody watching the race said he might get put up. I hope the rider is OK,” Cox said about Midnight Bourbon and jockey Paco Lopez. The Haskell win also gave Mandaloun a spot in the Breeders Cup Classic at Del Mar in California early November. Mandaloun got the first Saturday when the son of Into Mischief was awarded the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park after apparent winner Hot Rod Charlie veered in the stretch and caused Midnight Bourbon and his jockey to take a scary fall. When all is said and done though, the Brad Cox-trained colt may have two Grade 1 wins. The bigger the race, the bigger the controversy. (AP) - Trouble seems to follow Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun on the racetrack.
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