Mongolian Groom ran Breeders' Cup with pre-existing injury
From Horse Racing Nation: In a new report published Wednesday by the Breeders' Cup, the renowned Dr. Larry Bramlage said "there were opportunities to remove Mongolian Groom from competition" ahead of the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Classic that could have prevented the gelding's breakdown in the stretch at Santa Anita Park.
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital’s Bramlage was immediately retained after the incident to conduct an evaluation of his pre-race condition and injury, as well as all safety protocols in place looking back to the 2019 Breeders' Cup.
The championships saw just one catastrophic injury from 229 horses to run in the Breeders' Cup, but Bramlage still found six suggested process improvements in his report -- read it in full below this story -- for future events.
Bramlage discovered that Mongolian Groom went into the Breeders' Cup with a pre-existing injury, a "fine stress fracture" in his left-hind distal cannon bone.
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