He will be retired to a new career as a stallion, which had been the plan even if he had run in the Classic.

Neither seems likely to run in the Classic.

Our plan was to run him in the Classic.

So, it comes down chiefly to the three leading candidates and how they run in the Classic.

The only way he could have run in the Classic was to pay 12 percent of the purse, or $480,000.

He will run tonight with Lasix, and then run without it for the first time this year in the Classic.

A key point will be whether Go for Wand could win the title without running in the Classic.

He could run him in the Classic and win three times that much.

Not going, however, will be Brunswick, who was slated to run in the Classic.

We even agonized over running him in the Classic.