Horse racing-Beholder withdrawn from Breeders’ Cup Classic (Reuters)
Beholder, the 3-1 second choice on the morning line behind favourite American Pharoah for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, has been withdrawn from the showpiece race due to health concerns. The 5-year-old mare, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2012 and Distaff in 2013, was discovered to have bled after her morning gallop on Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky. “There’s obviously some irritated lung tissue there,” Beholder’s trainer Richard Mandella said in a statement.