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  • Breeders’ Cup Classic: Uncle Mo seeks fairy-tale end to remarkable comeback 

    When Todd Pletcher put Uncle Mo on a van bound for a farm in Lexington the morning of May 9, two days after the Kentucky Derby was run, the multiple Eclipse Award-winning trainer didn’t know if he would see his champion colt again.

    Three days earlier, Pletcher and the colt’s owner, Mike Repole, held a press conference to announce that Uncle Mo was scratched from the Kentucky Derby due to an illness, the exact nature and severity of which weren’t known. All that was known was that Uncle Mo had one elevated enzyme, a depressed appetite, loss of weight, and his hair coat was not right..

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  • Uncle Mo spectacular in Kelso victory 

    Uncle Mo grabbed the lead at the start, repelled a bid by Jackson Bend into the stretch and splashed away to win the Grade 2 Kelso by three lengths under John Velazquez.

    Uncle Mo ($3.20), who was notching his first graded stakes victory since the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile nearly 11 months earlier for owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher, set fractions of 23.47, 46.03, and 1:09.34, and finished the mile in 1:33.82 over a muddy and sealed track.. .

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  • Uncle Mo to return to racetrack next week 

    Uncle Mo, last year’s 2-year-old champion who missed the Kentucky Derby because of a rare liver disease, has recently started galloping and is expected to ship to Saratoga next Monday, according to trainer Todd Pletcher.

    Uncle Mo has been based at WinStar Farm in Kentucky since May 9 and started jogging on June 24.

    “Excellent so far,” Pletcher said when asked how Uncle Mo was doing.. .

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  • Uncle Mo to Begin Light Training Next Week 

    Uncle Mo, the champion 2-year-old male of 2010, continues to exhibit positive signs of improving health and is on target to resume light training in about 10 days, WinStar Farm president and racing manager Elliott Walden said June 7.

    Owned by Mike Repole and trained by Todd Pletcher, Uncle Mo has been at WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky., since May 9 when he was shipped from Churchill Downs after being scratched from the Kentucky Derby. The week of May 29, after undergoing a biopsy, he was diagnosed with cholangiohepatitis, which is a disease that affects the liver.

    Since his time at WinStar, Uncle Mo's appetite has improved considerably and his weight has increased steadily. More »

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  • Liver Disease Keeps Uncle Mo Sidelined 

    Uncle Mo, the two-year-old champion who was scratched the day before the Kentucky Derby, has been diagnosed with a liver disease called cholangiohepatitis.

    “Cholangiohepatitis is a severe inflammation of the bile passages and adjacent liver, which sporadically causes hepatic failure in horses,” according to the Merck Veterinarian Manual.

    The disease was discovered following a biopsy of the liver and lymph nodes. It is unclear how the colt contracted the ailment. More »

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  • Uncle Mo gaining weight at WinStar 

    Uncle Mo, the 2010 2-year-old champion who was scratched from the Kentucky Derby the day before the race due to a yet-to-be diagnosed internal issue, has put on 30 pounds since being moved from Churchill Downs to WinStar Farm on May 9, but there is still no timetable for his return to training or racing.
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  • Uncle Mo will be based at WinStar Farm until he regains health 

    Uncle Mo, who was scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby due to a yet-to-be diagnosed internal issue, was vanned from Churchill Downs to WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. Monday morning, his connections announced.
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  • Uncle Mo Scratched Out of Kentucky Derby 

    tewards at Churchill Downs were informed Friday, May 6, that 2010 champion colt Uncle Mo was officially scratched out of the May 7 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

    The scratch came after days of speculation about the status of the son of Indian Charlie , who had been treated for a gastro-intestinal tract infection diagnosed after a third-place finish in the April 9 Resorts World New York Casino Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. More »

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  • Uncle Mo decision to come Friday morning 

    It has become Thoroughbred racing's version of "The Decision."
    The drama over whether juvenile champion Uncle Mo will start in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday is expected to reach a conclusion Friday morning, according to owner Mike Repole.
    Speaking before what has become a customary large gathering of media outside of Barn 34, Repole said Thursday morning that he, trainer Todd Pletcher, and a trio of veterinarians headed by Dr. Doug Byars would discuss Uncle Mo's progress since he was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal infection. More »

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  • Kentucky Derby workouts: Uncle Mo gets his work done early 

    Trainer Todd Pletcher called an audible on Tuesday morning, sending out Uncle Mo shortly before 6 a.m. to work five furlongs in 1:01.69 over a sloppy track at Churchill Downs..

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  • From Uncle Mo Show to Wide-Open Kentucky Derby 

    So much for the talk about Uncle Mo being the next Seattle Slew or the suspicion (or hope?) that he belonged in a different stratosphere from his fellow 3-year-olds. When Uncle Mo turned for home Saturday in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, Tom Durkin, the voice of New York racing, said what many were thinking: “It is the moment of truth for Uncle Mo.”.

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  • Getting to the Bottom of Uncle Mo 

    n Uncle Mo’s four career starts, we still don’t know where his bottom is because he hasn’t even come close to reaching it. And he is not expected to reach it in the $1 million Wood Memorial (gr. More »

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  • Kentucky Derby favorite Uncle Mo makes season debut Saturday 

    A race that wasn’t even on the schedule when the meeting opened will have the eyes of the racing world riveted on Gulfstream Park shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday, when reigning juvenile champion and Kentucky Derby favorite Uncle Mo makes his 3-year-old debut in the $100,000 Timely Writer..

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