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by Paulick Report Staff | 05.31.2017 | 7:06pm
Connect (Curlin) and jockey Javier Castellano win the Cigar Mile (Gr I) at Aqueduct
Paul Pompa Jr.’s Connect, winner of the G3 Westchester Stakes in his last start, will be forced to miss the G1 Metropolitan Handicap June 10 due to an injury.
“Connect has unfortunately emerged from his last workout with a minor injury that will keep him out of the Met Mile,” trainer Chad Brown told the Daily Racing Form.
“We are currently doing further diagnostics on the colt to determine his racing future.”
The Form reports that Connect most recently worked May 21, going a half-mile in 49.20 seconds at Belmont. He had been scheduled to work last weekend, but didn’t.
Read more in the Daily Racing Form
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