St. Nicholas Abbey continues to improve after surgeries Coolmore’s Grade/Group 1 winner St Nicholas Abbey, recovering from both colic surgery and surgery to fuse a fractured pastern, has begun eating some grass, the Irish-based breeding operation reported Tuesday.
July 30, 2013 - Daily Racing Form
Todd Pletcher in Reuters She has re-injured her right front pastern and because of the timing, the decision was made to retire her as opposed to trying to bring her back in the fall,said Pletcher.
Kiaran McLaughlin in BloodHorse He broke his sesamoid and fractured his pastern,McLaughlin said by phone. "He was in very bad shape and there was nothing that could be done. It was just one of those things where he took a bad step after galloping out." "It's very...