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Posted on Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Quality Road, one of the leading Kentucky Derby starters, returned from a 1 3/4-mile gallop at Belmont Park, home of the Belmont Stakes 2009, with a tinge of blood from a newly-patched quarter crack, but his connections remain optimistic he will make the May 2 “Run for the Roses.”
A 5-furlong breeze Monday morning will be the determining factor on whether the Elusive Quality colt Quality Road makes the trip to Churchill Downs for the May 2 Kentucky Derby 2009.
“He has to work to our liking and come out of it perfectly,” said Jimmy Jerkens, who trains Quality Road for owner/breeder Edward P. Evans. “If he takes one bad step anywhere, forget it.”
At about 7 a.m. Sunday, hoof specialist Ian McKinlay replaced a set of wires, inserted a drain, and then put an acrylic patch on the quarter crack on the inside of the colt’s right-front hoof.
“He’s well on the mend,” said Ian McKinlay, who successfully treated a quarter crack on the colt’s right-hind foot that he developed during his track record performance in the March 28 Florida Derby (G1) .
“This is live tissue — we’re not changing a flat tire, so there are a lot of judgment calls, McKinlay said. “Everything had been stabilized and when I changed the wires today, the crack opened up. There was a bit of sensitive tissue aggravated during the process. Hopefully, there won’t be a tinge of blood tomorrow when he breezes.”
Race horse trainer Jimmy Jerkens said the hoof will be treated Sunday with a drying agent called “Thrush Buster” and also with Animalintex poultice.
“He’s got 24 hours to get better,” said Jerkens. “I would have liked to have seen no blood, but it didn’t surprise me because he was still tender. He’s sound, he galloped the way he usually does, but I would have been more optimistic without blood.”
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