Recapturetheglory out of Preakness
Recapturetheglory, fifth in the Kentucky Derby, has been declared out of the Preakness Stakes after showing a fever Friday night.
“We took his temperature last night (Friday),” assistant trainer Lara Van Deren said Saturday morning from Louisville. “He just wasn’t acting right. He was backing up against the gate in the stall and he never does that. This morning his temperature was over 102.”
Co-owner Ronnie Lamarque made the official announcement Saturday that the Illinois Derby winner will not run in the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown.
That makes this year’s Preakness the first in 60 years to be contested with just the Kentucky Derby winner advancing from Churchill Downs.
