As if I’ll Have Another didn’t have enough obstacles to overcome trying to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978 after 11 others have failed since then, now he will have to race in the June 9 Belmont Stakes without the nasal Flair strips he wore when he won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, according to the Daily Racing Form.
The New York stewards said that nasal strips are prohibited in New York. Trainer Doug O’Neill, of course, said he will abide by the rule.
The company that makes the equine nasal strips I’ll Have Another has been wearing has a portion of its website, flairstrips.com, devoted to his progress.