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Nyquist To Miss The Belmont Stakes

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Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will not run in the Belmont Stakes next month.

According to the Daily Racing Form, trainer Doug O’Neill says the colt will sit out the third leg of racing’s Triple Crown because of an elevated white blood cell count and a recurrence of fever.

 

Nyquist’s team delayed shipping him to New York from Baltimore Monday, after he developed a high temperature.

Nyquist suffered his first ever defeat in Saturday’s Preakness, where he finished third, behind Exaggerator and Cherry Wine.

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Rick has been a member of the WFPL News team since 2001 and has covered numerous beats and events over the years. Most recently he’s been tracking the Indiana General Assembly and the region’s passion for sports, especially college basketball.
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