Rushing Fall, the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner, will not make the trip to England to compete in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes on June 22 at Royal Ascot, trainer Chad Brown said Saturday.
Rushing Fall won her first four career starts before getting upset by La Toinette by a neck in the Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Downs last month.
“I feel like she’s not up to making that trip right now, I need some more time with her,” Brown said. “She’s training well enough, but I don’t feel it’s the right thing for her at this point in time. She’s coming off her first career defeat, a trip I didn’t like in the race. I need to regroup with her, need a little more time, try to get that out of her head.”
Meanwhile, Brown entered three 3-year-old fillies in Thursday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Wonder Again including Significant Form, Altea and Mighty Scarlett. The Wonder Again is the local prep for the Belmont Oaks.