Sorcerer's Silver (Good Magic), a 3-year-old colt who suffered a sesamoid injury on the Kentucky Derby day undercard is recovering from surgery at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, according to a story posted on the NBC Lexington affiliate website on Friday afternoon.
Pulled up by jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. halfway through the third race, the dark bay trained by Dale Romans was transported to Rood & Riddle in Lexington.
“The problem with the sesamoid injury is, they don't show much,” said Rood & Riddle's Dr. Larry Bramlage. “Sesamoids are the two little bones in the back of the horse's fetlock joint where when they move and up down, they're the bones that support their weight. They're sort of like our kneecaps only in reverse.”
After a three-hour fusion surgery Monday, X-rays showed Sorcerer's Silver was doing well, even though his racing days are over.
“He's gonna live 25 years,” Dr. Bramlage said.
Owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and Domeyko Taylor, the colt debuted a winner at Gulfstream Park Feb. 1 and then cleared an optional claimer over the same surface Mar. 27.
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