The race horse, I’ll Have Another, was scratched on Friday morning from the Belmont Stakes and was unable to perform in the Triple Crown on Saturday. The horse’s trainer, Doug O’Neill, confirmed that the colt would not run in the Belmont in a “Dan Patrick Show” interview. O’Neill said, “I’ll Have Another is officially out of the Belmont.”
The winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness has “a little problem with his left front leg,” O’Neill told Patrick, and said he believed it was the “start of some tendinitis.” The injury the horse has is not life-threatening. O’Neill said, “It’s a bummer, but far from tragic.” At a news conference, O’Neill and owner J. Paul Reddam said I’ll Have Another’s racing career was ending and that his stud career would begin.
