Aldebutante surgery successful..

[Kasept]

Email earlier to Aldebutante/Rampillion partners...

Difficult news to report... Aldebutante exited Tuesday's workout with an injury to her left front knee that will require surgery to remove a small chip.

This report late yesterday from Chuck:

Aldebutante was off Wednesday when walking under tack and after doing some exploratory X-rays we found a small chip in the bottom joint of her left knee. The chip is relatively new and will need to come out via arthroscopic surgery.

The prognosis for return to racing on injuries like this for young horses is usually very favorable. Generally it is 90 to 100 days before returning to training after surgeries like these. We will have Dr. Chris Johnson of the Woodford Vet clinic in Lexington do the surgery and will rehab her at BEC.

Dr. Johnson has done great work for me before and is an excellent surgeon. I am sending him the digital xrays that we took of her today and he will set up a time and date for her surgery. Obviously this is a set back but her age and the size and placement of the chip should keep this a fairly minor surgery and recovery.

Chuck

This obviously is frustrating given how well Aldebutante worked Tuesday and how much she has grown in the last 2 months, but it's still very early in her career and she should be back in full training around April 1. More after Dr. Johnson examines her x-rays.