Monday, October 10, 2011

Trainer Positive About Injured Colt’s Life

  • {Kentucky}...Trainer Kenny McPeek said Monday that it would be a miracle if Here Comes Frazier, the 2 year old colt that fractured his right hock while crashing into Keeneland’s turf-course rail while leading the Bourbon Stakes nearing mid-stretch, ever returns to racing. But, he expressed confidence that the colt’s life is not in jeopardy. X-rays showed that Here Comes Frazier has no fractures to his hip or pelvis, but fractures to his right hock are complex. McPeek says Here Comes Frazier's hock probably has three or four different cracks in it, small pieces on the outside and one major fracture that runs through the center. The problem is that they can’t see the center fracture very well. They decided they didn’t want to operate on him for a week or 10 days to see how that particular area responds. And they can’t put a screw in it because they don’t know what direction to go at it from.