Connie and Michael, the 5-1
morning-line co-second choice in today’s Grade
1 Betfair TVG Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course, has been
scratched with an abscess on her right front foot, her trainer Dominick
Schettino revealed.
“It started yesterday and we’ve
been working on it,” said Schettino. “We’ll need a couple of days before we can
put her back into training. The plan right now is to make the [Grade 1 Betfair
TVG] Alabama [on August 21].
A five-length winner of a
Churchill Downs allowance in May, Connie and Michael was second to Devil May
Care, the 6-5 morning-line favorite in today’s featured race, in the Grade 1
Mother Goose at Belmont in June.