Black Tie Optional Update

Good news: Black Tie Optional’s nuclear scan came back clean. He’s jogging sound currently on the shank, so Team Baffert plans to give him a few more days and then start him back under tack. We’ll see how he responds and looks at that point, but hopefully this minor blip is behind us.

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