Lil E. Tee Out of Belmont
<i> Associated Press</i>
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Kentucky Derby winner Lil E. Tee won’t be running in the Belmont Stakes because of a lung infection his trainer says was present during the colt’s fifth-place finish in the Preakness.
Lil E. Tee, who bled after the Preakness last Saturday, was diagnosed with the infection Tuesday, according to trainer Lynn Whiting.
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