Report: Pacific Classic runner-up is out of California Crown

Pacific Classic (G1) runner-up Full Serrano reportedly spiked a fever and will not be able to race Sept. 28 in the inaugural Grade 1, $1 million California Crown at Santa Anita.

Trainer John Sadler told Daily Racing Form’s Steve Andersen that the 5-year-old entire owned by Hronis Racing has recovered from the illness that caused the high temperature and that he would be back in training Friday at Santa Anita.

Sadler, however, told DRF he was not certain how soon the son of Full Mast who was bred in South America would be able to resume racing.

Full Serrano had 14 starts in his native Argentina and won five times, including the December running of the Trieste Stakes at San Isidro. After coming in seventh Feb. 3 in the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Miguel Alfredo Martínez de Hoz (G1) over the same course for trainer Diego Peña, he was bought by Hronis Racing in March and transferred to Sadler in California.

A six-month break from racing followed before Full Serrano won his U.S. debut Aug. 3, a one-mile, $101,300 allowance race at Del Mar. That was where he then finished second by a half-length Aug. 31 in the 1 1/4-mile Pacific Classic in which he was caught at the wire by 22-1 long shot Mixto.