Uncle Mo to rejoin Pletcher at Saratoga; champ could make King's Bishop

Mike Repole's UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie), who is expected to depart WinStar

Farm Monday and join trainer Todd Pletcher's string at Saratoga, could make his

return to the races in the King's Bishop (G1) on Travers Day, August 27,

Pletcher said Sunday morning.

Named last year's champion two-year-old colt, Uncle Mo was scratched from the

Kentucky Derby (G1) as the 9-2 morning-line second choice and was later found to

have cholangiohepatitis, a severe inflammation of the bile passages and adjacent

liver. The seven-furlong King's Bishop would be Uncle Mo's first start since his

third-place finish as the odds-on favorite in the Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct

in April.

"He's been galloping (at WinStar) for a little while already," Pletcher said.

"We don't need any hiccups along the way, but (the King's Bishop) is doable if

everything goes well.

"He left Churchill a very fit horse; he just wasn't completely healthy. He

got ready very quickly after he came back from the Breeders' Cup and won the

Timely Writer (at Gulfstream Park in March) off six breezes. We're in a position

to get close to that, if we want to."