Maxfield Out of Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Maxfield—among the top contenders for the Nov. 1 TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park—will not run in the race, trainer Brendan Walsh said Oct. 29.

As first reported by David Grening of Daily Racing Form, an issue with Maxfield's right front will keep Godolphin's homebred son of Street Sense  out of the Juvenile, the anchor race on "Future Stars Friday" at the Breeders' Cup.

"We're not sure what it is yet, we're hoping it's just a foot (abscess)," Walsh said. "This morning when we washed the poultice off and gave him a jog up as we do, he wasn't quite right. You can see that something's bothering him."

Maxfield gave Walsh the first grade 1 win of his career when he took the Oct. 5 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland, his second score in as many starts after breaking his maiden at first asking Sept. 14 at Churchill Downs.

"He's too nice of a horse to be messing around with," the trainer said. "We'll do the right thing and look forward to next year. That's always been the thing with him is his 3-year-old year. I thought he might take a couple runs to break his maiden, and he won a grade 1 already. He's a big, scopey horse. He'll be a hell of a horse next year, so it's a no-brainer, really."

Maxfield is slated to fly back to Kentucky, where Walsh is based, the morning of Nov. 2. He will undergo additional veterinary evaluation before he leaves California, Walsh said.

Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) entrant Landeskog is also going to be scratched from his race, trainer Doug O'Neill said. Second in the Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) in his last start Sept. 21 at Parx Racing, he exited an Oct. 26 workout not to his trainer's liking.

"He's just telling us he's not 100%. So we're going to wait for another day," O'Neill explained.

O'Neill said scans and x-rays have not yielded a specific problem, but that the horse is body sore.

News of Landeskog being out of the Sprint was first reported by Jay Privman of Daily Racing Form.