Brereton Jones's homebred Mark Valeski (Proud Citizen), winner of the May 12 GII Peter Pan S., will miss the remainder of his sophomore season after suffering a chip in his left knee and is scheduled to undergo surgery this morning. “[Trainer] Larry [Jones] felt that the colt wasn't galloping as strongly as he'd like last week, so we took some precautionary x-rays,” explained Airdrie Stud's Bret Jones. “There is a small chip in his left knee that will be easily removed. He will need three or four months off before returning to training.”
Jones is already looking to Mark Valeski's 4-year-old season. “It's certainly disappointing to miss out on some of the big summer races, but we think we're going to have a pretty special 4-year-old next season,” he added.
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