I'll Have Another, winner of the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness Stakes (gr. I), has been scratched from Saturday's Belmont Stakes (gr. I) after developing tendonitis in his left front leg.
The colt, who would have been a heavy favorite, had been aiming to become racing's twelfth Triple Crown winner, and the first since Affirmed in 1978. His scratch leaves a field of eleven to contest the Belmont, led by Kentucky Derby third-place finisher Dullahan, Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) winner Union Rags, and the lightly-raced by highly promising Paynter.
Additional details can be found on DRF.com: http://www.drf.com/news/ill-have-another-scratch-belmont-stakes
-Keelerman
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