"It's been a very interesting last 16 hours," said Gilchrist Dec. 28. "It was really ugly at first. After we first unloaded her from the horse ambulance (at the barn), let's just say that it didn't look good."
However, after Dr. Vince Baker, a private veterinarian, examined X-rays of the injury, the prognosis improved. Though she had "shattered the inside sesamoid, the outside was perfect," Gilchrist said. He added that "her suspensory ligaments were not torn up nearly as badly as we thought they would be."
"Dr. Baker, after consulting with a couple of other vets, decided surgery is something we didn't need to do," Gilchrist said.
More Miscellaneous
Surgery for filly Indyanne, who injured herself in the La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita, has been postponed because she was not as badly injured as had been feared although her racing career is over:
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