Belmont Stakes winner Jazil won’t run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs next month, with the goal now the Dubai World Cup next year.


Jazil recently returned to training after recovering from bruised bone in his right hind leg.


“He’s galloping every day, doing great and we hope to work him in the near future,” trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Tuesday (Oct. 3) during a conference call.


The BC Classic, though, is out.
 
“It’s too close to try the Breeders’ Cup,” McLaughlin said five days after declaring top older horse Invasor out of Saturday’s Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park due to a slight fever

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