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Sunriver injures ankle in Jim Dandy Stakes
Aaron and Marie Jones's Grade 2 winner Sunriver, a full brother to two-time champion female Ashado, injured an ankle in the Jim Dandy Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, trainer Todd Pletcher said Monday.
"It looks like he wrenched his right hind ankle," Pletcher said. "There was some heat and inflammation in it [on Sunday] and it's improved today. We will probably do some radiographs on it [on Tuesday] and see what's going on."
Sunriver finished last of six, 18 3/4 lengths behind Bernardini. Pletcher said Sunriver would probably not race over a sloppy track again after the Jim Dandy effort marked his second unplaced finish over a sloppy surface. The three-year-old Saint Ballado colt also will likely miss the Travers Stakes (G1) on August 26 at Saratoga.
Sunriver won the Peter Pan Stakes (G2) on May 20 at Belmont Park before finishing third in the Belmont Stakes (G1) on June 10. The Jim Dandy marked his first start since that effort.