Vying Victor Steps on Nail, May Miss Arkansas Derby
Associated Press
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. —
The Arkansas Derby may have lost a contender when Vying Victor stepped on a nail.
“Right now, my horse is dead lame,” trainer Ian Jory said Tuesday.
Vying Victor had been scheduled to have a workout Tuesday, but that was canceled. Vying Victor worked six furlongs in a slow 1:16 2/5 last week.
Jory said he would try to work the colt today “but if we can’t it doesn’t look good as far as Saturday goes.”
If Vying Victor is unable to run in Saturday’s $500,000 race, there may be only five or six 3-year-olds in the 1 1/8-mile event at Oaklawn Park.
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