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Morning-Line Favorite Justique Will Scratch From Santa Ynez

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Justique and jockey Victor Espinoza win the $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes, Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar CA. © BENOIT PHOTO

'TDN Rising Star' Justique (Justify), the morning-line favorite in Sunday's GIII Santa Ynez S., will not run after spiking a fever this week.

“I'm going to scratch,” trainer John Shirreffs said Saturday morning. “She had a little temperature.”

Justique will now await the GIII Las Virgenes S. going a mile Jan. 28, Shirreffs added. The expected scratch of Justique leaves a five-horse field in the Santa Ynez.

“She only had a temperature for a day (on Thursday) and she seems pretty good, but I don't know how she'll run under those circumstances,” Shirreffs said.