General Quarters will undergo X-rays (Four Footed Fotos)

Although by Sunday morning the handsome gray colt was standing flatfooted once more some 10 minutes before being loaded on a van back to Louisville, Kentucky, owner-trainer McCarthy confirmed that there was a problem which will rule him out of the August 21 Arlington Million (G1).

"He came up with a bum ankle," McCarthy said. "The jock (Rafael Bejarano) said he thought the ground was too hard for him, but the ankle was probably already bothering him during the race. 

"I thought we'd be a long time cooling him out after the race because it was such a hot, muggy day, so I drove my wife back to the hotel (adjacent to Arlington) right after the race and came right back to the track while (trainer) Cory (Patton) hot walked him.

"By the time I got back 10 minutes later, Cory already had him cooled out. So that means the horse didn't even try.

"We'll take some X-rays when we get him home to see what they show," McCarthy said, "but I would say the Arlington Million is out. To try and come back in five weeks is too quick for us, even if nothing shows up on the X-rays."