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I heard yesterday, and tweeted (still not used to that), the news that the connections of the late Canadian champ Wake at Noon -- that is, owner Bruno Schickedanz and trainer Tom Marino -- were frozen out by Woodbine in the wake of the great horse's breakdown in an unsanctioned workout this week.
Schickedanz was trying to launch a comeback for his 13-year-old stallion whose fertility had proven to be nearly zero. Wake at Noon took a bad step, was injured, and had to be put down on the dirt training track at Woodbine, where he likely shouldn't have been allowed on the grounds. Canada's premier track bars horses over age 10 from racing or even being stabled there unless they have won a race in the past year. Wake at Noon hadn't run since 2007.
Now, Thoroughbred Times reports that entries of Schickedanz horses are being refused by Woodbine, which also has ruled Marino off the premises. Horses Schickedanz entered prior to the debacle will be allowed to run with the fields into which they were already drawn.
Neither Schickedanz nor Marino made themselves available for comment on Friday.
