Animal Kingdom is out of The Dubai World Cup, according to The Daily Racing Form. He came back sore after a workout at Palm Meadows on Saturday and the injury appeared to be in the same leg he had injured last year.
However, a review of the x-rays by New Bolton vet Dr. Dean Richardson, indicated that all was well with the surgery site. So it may be a new injury or just muscle soreness, but regardless the horse is not going to be shipped to Dubai for the March 31 race.
It is a disappointment that the beautiful animal will not be competing in the prestigious event but we all hope for a speedy recovery from what we hope is a minor setback.
"This is a crushing blow for our company and our partners as well as our trainer [Graham Motion} who has done such a great job getting the horse back to this point," said Barry Irwin for Team Valor the owners of Animal Kingdom. "If he comes out of this OK, hopefully we can run in the Word Cup in 2013."
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