Johnny To Miss The Autumn

Trainer Denis Pagan told racing.com on Wednesday that his VRC Derby winner Johnny Get Angry (Tavistock-Luminova, by Zabeel) will head for a spell and will miss the autumn carnival. The 3YO gelding pulled up scratchy after working on Tuesday. "He owes me absolutely nothing this horse and I just don't want to take any sort of risk with him," Pagan said. "I had every intention of running him this autumn as he went out (for a spell) and put on 35 kilograms and I thought he'd be right to go again. He'd been in work about six weeks but he's such a young horse and I'm hoping we can have him racing at four and five so I am going to look after him. I want to give him every chance to get to the best he can be. He's fully qualified for the Cups next spring and we'll just let him rest and focus on that." Johnny Get Angry has one win from seven starts, and three placings for earnings over $1.2million. He was purchased from the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale for $50,000 by Malua Racing from Bradbury Park.