Diamond King was scratched from the $100,000 Private Terms at Laurel Park on Saturday after spiking a fever, according to trainer John Servis.

A promising 3-year-old son of Quality Road, Diamond King was purchased for $235,000 as a 2-year-old last May by the Cash Is King Stable of Chuck Zacney. His ownership group now also includes the DJ Stable of Leonard Green, and the LC Racing of Glenn Bennett.

"It's not bad," Servis said of the fever, "but I told Chuck that if we send him to Laurel he probably isn't going to run good and the race will take a lot out of him."

Diamond King developed a fever Thursday, according to Servis, and a blood test was taken. The test was repeated Friday and the results came back worse than the day before.

"He's coming down with something," Servis said. "We'll just have to monitor him and see how it plays out the rest of the week."

Servis had prepared Diamond King for the Private Terms at the Palm Meadows Training Center in South Florida and then shipped him to Parx last weekend.

"It's disappointing because he was so ready and we have put a lot of effort into this race, shipping him up from Florida," Servis said.

California Night also has been scratched from the Private Terms, leaving a field of seven. California Night is entered in race 2 at Aqueduct today.

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