Lord Nelson, seen working at Santa Anita Oct. 31

Multiple Grade 1 winner Lord Nelson will be forced to miss Saturday's G1 Breeders' Cup Sprint after developing an infection from a small cut in his right front foreleg.

Spendthrift Farm, which owns the 4-year-old son of Pulpit, announced the news Thursday morning via Twitter.

LORD NELSON has developed an infection from a small cut in is his right front foreleg and has been scratched from the Breeders' Cup Sprint. — Spendthrift Farm (@spendthriftfarm) November 3, 2016

We're highly disappointed by the unfortunate timing of LORD NELSON's injury & scratch. We are now looking forward to his stallion career. — Spendthrift Farm (@spendthriftfarm) November 3, 2016

Spendthrift Farm general manager, Ned Toffey, told the Blood-Horse that the colt “got a cut on his right front” and that trainer Bob Baffert had hoped it would be manageable by Thursday morning, but his leg had “filled up.”

Toffey added that the colt would have to be treated with antibiotics, but that the leg “shouldn't be a problem in the long run.” Lord Nelson will remain with Baffert at Santa Anita to be treated, and then eventually be sent to Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky, where he will stand in 2017.

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