>>> hour, triple crown hopeful i'll have another will not compete in tomorrow's belmont stakes . i'll have another was looking to become the first horse to win the triple crown in 34 years. the horse 's trainer, doug o'neill broke the news in a conference.
>> you could tell the swelling was back and at that point, he didn't feel very good. he's done so much that it was unanimous we know the reddams and my brother and i and everyone at the barn to retire him.
>> nbc news correspondent jay gray is in new york with an update. jay, this horse now going off to be retired. valued or worth some $6 million to $8 million. our clooel colleague, darren rovell just saying that here. but tell me a little bit more about this injury. you have people who were looking forward to this weekend who weren't fans of racing, but they wanted to see the possibility of history made.
>> absolutely, tamron. and good to talk to you. look, the injury is some swelling in the front left leg. it's an issue that they had first noticed a couple of days ago here. the swelling was reduced a bit. when they went out and ran this morning, early this morning in the early morning fog as the sun came up, they said it was a slow jog and an easy gallop and everything looked fine. in fact, doug o'neill claimed at that time that his hor horse was fit and ready to race. but then as the cooling down period started, as you noticed o'neill say, they noticed swelling coming back and said it was not worth it to jeopardize the horse 's future. not only for i'll have another. as you've talked about throughout the day, this is going to have a triple effect from the betting windows to the merchandise to the actual number of patrons that show up at belmont park tomorrow. they were expecting strong crowds, maybe 100,000, but not what they would have seen if this race was a race for history. a lot of the vendors will have to wait on the cash payout that could have come from that, as well.
>> and, obviously, when we got word that i'll have another was not entering the race, people were concerned about the horse . we all remember what happened with barbaro. ultimately, barbaro had to be put down. in 2007 , anybody that loves animals, and i think most of us do. the owner said this wasn't worth it, which is a relief that they wouldn't push this so a point it could have been disastrous.
>> i think you're absolutely right. and that's the point of everything that happened here today. could the horse have run? doug o'neill said yes. that's easy to say when you've scratched your horse . there's no question he could have run. but what it would have done long-term to the animal was a major concern. and you're right, it is good to see that this team decided, hey, we're going to pull back. we have this shot at history. more importantly, we want this horse to have a good life and we're not going to do something that may damage him for the rest of his life.
>> thank you very much. also,
>> you could tell the swelling was back and at that point, he didn't feel very good. he's done so much that it was unanimous we know the reddams and my brother and i and everyone at the barn to retire him.
>> nbc news correspondent jay gray is in new york with an update. jay, this horse now going off to be retired. valued or worth some $6 million to $8 million. our clooel colleague, darren rovell just saying that here. but tell me a little bit more about this injury. you have people who were looking forward to this weekend who weren't fans of racing, but they wanted to see the possibility of history made.
>> absolutely, tamron. and good to talk to you. look, the injury is some swelling in the front left leg. it's an issue that they had first noticed a couple of days ago here. the swelling was reduced a bit. when they went out and ran this morning, early this morning in the early morning fog as the sun came up, they said it was a slow jog and an easy gallop and everything looked fine. in fact, doug o'neill claimed at that time that his hor horse was fit and ready to race. but then as the cooling down period started, as you noticed o'neill say, they noticed swelling coming back and said it was not worth it to jeopardize the horse 's future. not only for i'll have another. as you've talked about throughout the day, this is going to have a triple effect from the betting windows to the merchandise to the actual number of patrons that show up at belmont park tomorrow. they were expecting strong crowds, maybe 100,000, but not what they would have seen if this race was a race for history. a lot of the vendors will have to wait on the cash payout that could have come from that, as well.
>> and, obviously, when we got word that i'll have another was not entering the race, people were concerned about the horse . we all remember what happened with barbaro. ultimately, barbaro had to be put down. in 2007 , anybody that loves animals, and i think most of us do. the owner said this wasn't worth it, which is a relief that they wouldn't push this so a point it could have been disastrous.
>> i think you're absolutely right. and that's the point of everything that happened here today. could the horse have run? doug o'neill said yes. that's easy to say when you've scratched your horse . there's no question he could have run. but what it would have done long-term to the animal was a major concern. and you're right, it is good to see that this team decided, hey, we're going to pull back. we have this shot at history. more importantly, we want this horse to have a good life and we're not going to do something that may damage him for the rest of his life.
>> thank you very much. also,