Old Fashioned out
 

Place colt in the Arkansas Derby has a fracture.Old Fashioned sustained a slab fracture to the right knee

Very sorry to hear about the injury to this nice horse. I did not think he really wanted to go the Derby distance anyhow.

Jim

Sorry to hear about the injury but not surprised as many horses pointing to the Triple Crown races often succumb to program. Simply, the road to Louisville asks much too much to many horses physically not able to sustain the grind.

When Old Fashion got beat in the Rebel, I had a 'feeling' there was more to his loss than the speed duel, albeit a 'hot' one for sure. Sometimes, horses's injuries often don't show immediately.

He would have been one of the 5-6 favorites for sure come Derby Day, and Larry Jones has proven to be a very capable horseman and 'personality' for our game.

Climbing % median (above 68.2 and climbing) would have negated his efforts at getting 10 furlongs anyway. Wanted him to be there so there would be "sucker money" backing him. Too bad

old Fashioned out....
 

I feel awful for the horse and his connections. I do hope that he will be okay eventually moving forward. I must agree with Jim and Tim on their posts. Even if he were sound he would have been a throwout for me in attempting to do it up or near the front as he has shown at 10 panels on Derby day. That just wasn't going to happen IMHO. But, you know there would be folks out there that would still be throwing a lot of green his way come Derby day. I simply wouldn't be amongst that group of bettors. :)

Good Skill,

Vinnie