ALERT: Casino Drive Canters, Ready for Today
 

At 5:45 a.m. of Belmont Day, Japanese-based Casino Drive came off the track after cantering three furlongs and his connections reported the Mineshaft colt sound and ready for the 1 1/2-mile race later in the day.


http://www.bloodhorse.com/article/45628.htm

He is now out, per bloodhorse, after favoring his left hind during the after workout bath.

Casino Drive is OUT
 

Per Bloodhorse, He was favoring his left hind during the after workout bath, so they scratched...

Rotten luck for the connections.

--Dunbar

This is a bummer.. Was really looking forward to seeing B.B and him hooking up. Appeared to be a nice horse and was going to give B.B some competition, and now we will never how far B.B would have beaten him by.

Ditto what Dunbar said.

Injured Casino Drive Out of Belmont
by Ron Mitchell

Updated: June 7, 2008

About an hour after giving the all-clear for Casino Drive to run in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), trainer Kazuo Fujisawa said the colt was favoring his left rear hoof and was scratched from the classic.

Earlier, Fujisawa was all smiles after watching Casino Drive canter three furlongs and gave a thumbs up for colt to run in the Belmont.

But when the colt was being bathed following the exercise regimen, he was favoring his foot and the trainer decided to scratch.

"He is sound," Fujisawa declared earlier, after watching Casino Drive leave the track following a three furlong canter. Winner of the Peter Pan (gr. II) at Belmont, Casino Drive is considered one of the leading contenders to upset Big Brown's Triple Crown quest.

The colt's status was thrown into doubt Friday when he did not go to the track because a stone bruise had been detected in the left hind hoof.

Accompanied by Nobutaka Tada, spokesperson of owner Hidetoshi Yamamota, Fujisawa followed Casino Drive to the track at about 5:30 a.m. The colt and a stablemate walked the circle in the paddock for about six laps before going onto the track for his exercise.

Tada explained that the injury had responded favorably to treatments Friday.

There goes the odds on Denis of Cork.

Well that was the smart thing to do. I always think you should be cautious. The odds of him winning were so slim as it was.

Disappointing. :(

that blows, he would have drilled Big Brown.

Really? Thanks.....I figured the smart thing to do was run an injured horse. Thank you for clearing this up for me.

He isn't really an injured horse. They could have run him. They are being cautious. Horses in his condition run all the time. Many owners/trainers would have run him.

Any particular trainers you are speaking for or just your fellow Hall of Fame members?

Could be a great Travers.....

This line makes me want to kick the dog. It is so convenient it makes me ill.

yes they flew halfway around the world too scr . hes fine..

FTFY

Wow... and Proud Spell would whoop them both... prove me wrong! :rolleyes:

You should of said that they needed to stop on Casino Drive two weeks ago when he didn't want to breeze.