Tiznow Out of Pimlico Special

Tiznow, the 2000 horse of the year and this year’s Santa Anita Handicap winner, won’t run in the $750,000 Pimlico Special on May 12, trainer Jay Robbins said Sunday.

Robbins said that Tiznow didn’t come out of his workout Friday at Santa Anita in good order and would undergo a nuclear scan today to determine the problem.

“He wasn’t right in the hind end,” Robbins said. “He was trying to tie up [cramp]. It reminded me of the same problem he had when he was a 2-year-old.”

Tiznow, with his regular jockey, Chris McCarron, aboard, worked six furlongs Friday in 1:13. Of the 16 other horses that worked that distance, six posted faster times.

“Chris said that he traveled well,” Robbins said. “But he had worked in 1:11 1/5 the week before, and he wasn’t quite right at the barn Friday. The feet have been no problem. We’ve got that situation under control.”

Depending on the seriousness of the injury, Tiznow would be a candidate for Hollywood Park’s two most important dirt races for older horses, the $500,000 Californian on June 10 and the $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on July 1. Tiznow, who didn’t race as a 2-year-old, in 1999, has won two of three starts this year, including the Big ‘Cap on March 3. Overall, he has won seven of 12 starts and earned $4.2 million.

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An ankle injury has knocked Street Cry out of the Kentucky Derby.

Sheik Mohammed’s Goldolphin Racing announced Sunday that Street Cry hurt his right front ankle while training at Churchill Downs for the Derby, which will be run May 5.

Godolphin still has another Derby prospect in Express Tour, who beat Street Cry by a head in the United Arab Emirates Derby in Dubai on March 24. Express Tour, who had a bruised left front foot, missed four days of training last week at Churchill before returning to the track last Thursday.

With Street Cry out, the list of probables for the 127th Derby shrinks to 14: Point Given, Congaree, Millennium Wind, Monarchos, Balto Star, Dollar Bill, Thunder Blitz, Songandaprayer, Fifty Stars, Jamaican Rum, Invisible Ink, A P Valentine, Express Tour and Tincin. Keats, Saint Damien and Gift Of The Eagle are on the list of possibles.

Trainer Wayne Lukas, a four-time winner of the Derby, won’t have a starter in the race for the first time since 1980. Lukas’ last hope, Turnberry Isle, ran sixth in the Lexington Stakes Saturday at Keeneland.

“I haven’t talked to [Turnberry Isle’s owners], but I don’t think anybody’s calling me up to say let’s try it again,” Lukas said. “It’s not about me running a horse. It’s about me being competitive. It’s not about the experience of being in a Derby. I’ve run in the Derby and I’ve got that experience--good and bad.”

Notes

Chris McCarron’s ninth-race win with No Armistice at Hollywood Park was his 6,999th. McCarron doesn’t ride at Hollywood until Thursday, when his only mount is Duke Of Green in the fifth race. . . . McCarron’s mount, Innit, ran second as the Bobby Frankel-trained Fantastic Filly, with Garrett Gomez aboard, won her third consecutive U.S. start by taking the $109,800 Senorita Stakes by a half-length. . . . Xtra Heat, whose only loss was when she ran 10th in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, won for the 12th time, capturing the $250,000 Stonerside Beaumont Stakes at Keeneland. . . . Guided Tour, the even-money favorite, ran second as Chicago Six won the $200,000 National Jockey Club Handicap at Sportsman’s Park. . . . Mike Smith, a leading rider in the East, will relocate to Hollywood Park on May 9.