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Un Ojo to Bypass Preakness Due to Foot Bruise

The same issue kept the grade 2 winner from starting in the Kentucky Derby (G1).

Un Ojo at Churchill Downs

Un Ojo at Churchill Downs

Corrie McCorskey

Un Ojo will not run in the May 21 Preakness Stakes (G1) because of a bruised foot, according to trainer Ricky Courville.

The same injury that kept the son of Laoban out of the May 7 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) has flared up.

"This morning his foot was a little warm again," Louisiana-based Courville said May 16. "The vets went over him, and he's not 100%. I'm dealing with the same thing. I guess the work kind of re-aggravated it."

The one-eyed gelding last worked May 14 at Churchill Downs where he breezed five furlongs in 1:02. The foot issue began following his prior work April 30, also at Churchill.

Raced by Cypress Creek Equine and Whispering Oaks Farm, Uno Ojo was withdrawn from Derby contention five days before morning entries were taken but resumed jogging May 9. Courville and his son Clay, who has been looking after the gelding while in Kentucky, initially thought he would be ready for the Preakness.

"He looked really good (Sunday) morning, and in the afternoon they went and checked him out. He was a tad off, the foot was a little warm," Courville said. "This morning it was the same."  

Un Ojo has earned $782,571 from seven starts. His last time out was an eighth-place finish in the April 2 Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park. Before that race he won the Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn.