Report: Champion British Idiom diagnosed with ankle chip

Champion filly British Idiom has been was found with an ankle chip in her right-front ankle that will sideline her two months, trainer Brad Cox told BloodHorse on Sunday.

The 3-year-old daughter of Flashback, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in November, was sent to visit renowned veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage in Kentucky after her 10th-place finish in the Fantasy Stakes (G3) on May 1 at Oaklawn Park.

Cox expected British Idiom could resume campaigning this fall, but the news will likely prevent her from competing in the top race for 3-year-old fillies, the Sept. 4 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

After her Breeders' Cup victory, British Idiom came off a 106-day layoff for her 2020 debut, a second to Finite in Fair Grounds' Rachel Alexandra (G2) in February.

Going back to her 2-year-old season, the relative bargain of a yearling purchase at $40,000 broke her maiden on debut at Saratoga in a race restricted to horses that sold for $45,000 or less or RNA'd. Next time out, the filly proved her class by running away with Keeneland's Alcibiades Stakes (G1).

The partnership of Sol Kumin's Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, and the Elkstone Group campaign British Idiom, who is 3-0-1 in five starts with earnings of $1.4 million.