Racehorse Point of Entry Suffers Condylar Fracture

Point of Entry suffered a condylar fracture in his left hind cannon bone and will have surgery.
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Phipps Stable’s Point of Entry, winner of the Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap run June 8 on the Belmont Stakes undercard, suffered a condylar fracture in his left hind cannon bone and will have surgery, trainer Shug McGaughey said. The condyle is the bulbous bottom or distal end of the cannon bone that fits into the fetlock joint.

McGaughey said he discovered the injury the morning of June 9 at Belmont Park, in Elmont, N.Y. Veterinarian Jim Hunt, DVM, took X rays (radiographs) and confirmed the damage.

Larry Bramlage, DMV, MS, Dipl. ACVS, will perform the surgical procedure June 10, McGaughey said.

McGaughey said if all goes well, Point of Entry would have two weeks of stall rest, two weeks of hand-walking, and then could be ridden under tack. He said it’s too early to say when or whether the 5-year-old son of Dynaformer will return to racing

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Winner of the 2011 Eclipse Award for Feature/Commentary and the 2008 Louisville Metro Journalism Award for Sports Writing, Claire Novak has melded her love for human-interest journalism and the equine breed into a successful Turf writing career. Since her first freelance article on racing was published at BloodHorse.com in 2005, her byline has appeared in the New York Times, ESPN The Magazine, and on ESPN.com, among others. She lives near Lexington and, when not writing about racing, can often be found jumping her Thoroughbred, Bob.

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