Belmont Stakes 2017: Epicharis scheduled to resume training Friday
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Carrot Farm's Belmont Stakes contender Epicharis skipped his planned training session Thursday morning at Belmont after being treated Wednesday afternoon for lameness. He is scheduled to resume training early Friday morning, said trainer Kiyoshi Hagiwara.
He was treated with two grams of phenylbutazone administered by IV, according to New York State Gaming Commission records, after his connections noticed that the Japanese-bred son of Gold Allure was off in his right front.
"He looked a little different favoring his right front yesterday afternoon, so we treated his hoof and gave him bute," said Hagiwara via Japan Racing Association interpreter. "It looks like it is getting better and I think there is no problem with him running in the race. We still have time so we will give him the best care we can."
Epicharis breezed five furlongs in 1:06.06 on Tuesday morning, his final work ahead of Saturday's Belmont, and had a scheduled walk day Wednesday.
Source: NYRA Communications
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