THE Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile) winner Texas Red has been taken off the trail for the Kentucky Derby.

Erich Brehm, who owns the Afleet Alex colt along with Wayne Detmar, Lee Michaels, Keith Desormeaux, and Dr Gene Voss, said: “We do not have adequate time to prepare Texas Red for a prep race that he would need to get in condition for, and attain adequate points for, a Derby start. We look forward to bringing him back to the races when he is ready to compete again at the highest levels.”