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Posted on Friday, May 12th, 2006
Arkansas Derby winner and 12th finisher in the recently concluded Kentucky Derby, Lawyer Ron, won’t run in the Preakness after all due to his injury.
The colt who won six in a row running in the Derby will undergo surgery on Friday to remove a small chip from his right hind ankle.
Trainer Bob Holthus had hoped to run Lawyer Ron in the second leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday, but the decision was made Thursday to have the chip removed at Lexington’s Rood & Riddle equine clinic.
"He’ll be out approximately 30 to 40 days before he can return to training," Holthus said. "If he had been a cheap horse, you probably would have not thought anything about it. You’d have just gone on. But, after all, he’s run one start in each of the last 10 months."
A majority interest in Lawyer Ron was sold two days before the Derby by the estate of James Hines Jr. to Audrey Haisfield’s Stonewall Stallions. Holthus said the new group owns 80 percent of the Lawyer Ron.
The 131st running of the Preakness Stakes will happen on May 20 at the Pimlico Race Course. Officials are expecting seven to eight field of contenders.
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