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Premier Pegasus, the winner of the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes last month, will miss Saturday's $1 million Santa Anita Derby because of a hairline fracture in the cannon bone of his left foreleg, according to Maria Ayala, the assistant to owner-trainer Myung Kwon Cho.
Premier Pegasus was the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the Santa Anita Derby.
Ayala said the diagnosis was made late Thursday morning after Premier Pegasus had galloped on Santa Anita's infield training track.
Ayala said she noticed that Premier Pegasus "had a little stumble" during the gallop, which raised concern. She said that after the colt cooled out and had a morning bath that she alerted Cho of a potential problem.
X-rays taken later on Thursday morning revealed the injury.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6305484
Premier Pegasus was the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the Santa Anita Derby.
Ayala said the diagnosis was made late Thursday morning after Premier Pegasus had galloped on Santa Anita's infield training track.
Ayala said she noticed that Premier Pegasus "had a little stumble" during the gallop, which raised concern. She said that after the colt cooled out and had a morning bath that she alerted Cho of a potential problem.
X-rays taken later on Thursday morning revealed the injury.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6305484
