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Horse euthanized after breaking leg
Posted: Saturday October 26, 2002 3:44 PM
Updated: Saturday October 26, 2002 7:24 PM
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Landseer, with jockey Edgar Prado aboard, breaks his leg (lower left) during the running of the Breeders' Cup Mile. AP |
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) -- Landseer was euthanized Saturday
after breaking his right leg coming around the final turn in the
Breeders' Cup Mile.
"It was such a severe fracture. It was compound," said Dr.
Wayne McIlwraigh, the on-call veterinarian. "He was euthanized
immediately. There was no chance of saving him once it was in
pieces."
Dr. Larry Bramlage said Landseer broke his cannon bone below the
knee in the middle of the leg. The horse then tried to catch the
pack after he was injured.
Landseer was a four-time winner in his two-year career. He was
owned by Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor and trained by Aidan
O'Brien.
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