Trainer Bruce Levine has all but ruled out any chance of making the
Grade 1 Florida Derby here on March 20 with Buddy's Saint and will now
focus on using the Grade 1 Wood Memorial two weeks later at Aqueduct
for his 3-year-old's final Kentucky Derby prep.
Buddy's Saint has not returned to the track since his eventful
ninth-place finish in last Saturday's Grade 2 Fountain of Youth.
Buddy's Saint was roughed up along the rail when sent up into tight
quarters on the opening turn of the nine-furlong Fountain of Youth. The
outing was his first since winning the Grade 2 Remsen at Aqueduct
nearly three months earlier.
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