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The Daily Racing Form later reported that Epicenter suffered a lateral condylar fracture to his right foreleg and was expected to undergo surgery at Rood & Riddle the following morning. [24] On November 6, Asmussen confirmed that Epicenter would be retired from racing, adding that the surgery was successful and the prognosis for him to stand at ...
After the race, it was discovered that Dunkirk had suffered a condylar fracture in his left hind cannon bone. After a successful surgery, Dunkirk was expected to return to racing in 2010 at age 4, but he instead was retired to stand stud at Ashford Stud in Kentucky.
On May 28 it was announced that Nadal had suffered a condylar fracture of his left foreleg after breezing at Santa Anita Park. Surgery was successful, and he will be retired from racing and stand at stud. [70] On October 14, 2020, it was announced that Nadal will stand at Shadai Stallion Station in Japan. [71]
Onlyforyou's dam Erhu was an allowance horse who finished third in the Mint Julep Stakes and was a winner of three races. Onlyforyou was bought during the Keeneland September sale for $115,000. She was owned by the Greathouse brothers, John, David, Allen and Edward, proprietors of the Glencrest Farm LLC near Midway, Kentucky .
She came out of the race with a condylar fracture of the cannon bone and a fractured sesamoid. She underwent surgery and was retired in early 1995. She was euthanized in February 2010 because of complications following a paddock accident.
Skeletal fractures account for 87% of fatal injuries. [citation needed] When a horse's leg hits the ground at racing speed on a straightaway, it bears a load that is three times its weight (with the exception of harness racing). When negotiating a turn, centrifugal force increases the load to between 5 and 10 times body weight.
Formal Gold is a dark bay racehorse sired by Black Tie Affair, who was the 1991 Horse of the Year and the sire of 35 stakes winners including Evening Attire. [2] Formal Gold was the fourth foal out of the Screen King mare Ingoldsby, who ultimately produced seven winners from ten foals.
The stifle joint (often simply stifle) is a complex joint in the hind limbs of quadruped mammals such as the sheep, horse or dog. It is the equivalent of the human knee and is often the largest synovial joint in the animal's body. The stifle joint joins three bones: the femur, patella, and tibia.