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Uptown Lad to miss Provincial final
AAP
Uptown Lad has been ruled out of the Provincial Championships final because of injury.
Wyong trainer Kim Waugh told Racing NSW stewards on Friday the four-year-old had injured his off side tendon and would be be spelled.
Once the Provincial Championships qualifying races are complete the highest-rated fourth placegetter will take Uptown Lad's place in the $500,000 race at Randwick on April 14.
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Uptown Lad qualified for the final by winning the heat at Hawkesbury last Saturday.