TOP THREE-YEAR-OLD INJURED 23 Mar 2021 09:30
After
what appeared to be a good workout in preparation for the Santa Anita Derby
next month, Kentucky Derby betting favorite Life Is Good suffered a setback and
was taken off the Triple Crown trail, the colt’s lead owner said Saturday.
“Out for
few months,” WinStar Farm president and CEO Elliott Walden said in a text to
Horse Racing Nation. “Off left hind. Going to see Dr. (Larry) Bramlage this
week.”
After
first hesitating to rule Life Is Good out of the Derby, trainer Bob Baffert
confirmed it later Saturday in an off-air conversation with Randy Moss of NBC
Sports.
A son of
champion sire Into Mischief, Life Is Good had won all three of his races thus
far including both the G2 San Felipe Stakes and G3 Sham Stakes.
