Normandy Invasion out for remainder of year

Owner Rick Porter revealed that smart three-year-old Normandy Invasion has gone

to the sidelines for the rest of the season. Runner-up in the Wood Memorial two

starts back, the Chad Brown pupil has not raced since his fine fourth in the

Kentucky Derby, and his planned summer campaign has been derailed by foot

issues.

"Normandy Invasion has gone to the farm," Porter announced Thursday on his

Fox Hill Farm

website.

"While he's been galloping well with the work that was done to his foot,

ultimately we decided that the most important goals for Normandy exist in 2014,

and the best thing for him is to let his foot heal and hoof grow so that we can

go into next year with a horse that is 100 percent.

"There really are not any meaningful races for him in 2013 other than the BC,

and he is far from ready for that with this layoff," Porter added regarding the

Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita on November 1-2.

"We will make a plan for 2014 and work backwards to see when to put him back

in training. He is a very talented horse and we are hoping for some big wins in

his four-year-old year."