“We Anticipate A Strong Fall Campaign”: Post-Surgery Update On Just Steel

GI Arkansas Derby runner up Just Steel (Justify) continues to do well since having surgery to repair a condylar fracture of his right front fetlock May 22. In a video update provided by Light Up Racing and Martha Jane at Mulholland Springs, the 3-year-old is said to progressing well through rehab. Detailing his next steps, she says that: “It's been about 35 days since his surgery so we've started hand-walking him. Dr. Bramlage would like to have him hand-walked for another month. If everything still goes well, we will take some x-rays and look. He's very sound so I'm sure it's [the surgery site] doing well but as a preventative and just to be cautious, we'll take some x-rays of him and, with Dr. Bramlage's blessing, we will turn him out for a month and then we will see when Mr. [D. Wayne] Lukas and Dr. Bramlage wants to take him back. But he's been a great patient and we all anticipate a strong Fall campaign.”

Just Steel suffered the injury during a fifth-place effort in the GI Preakness Stakes May 18.

 

How is Just Steel doing on the road to recovery?

On his comeback journey following the condylar fracture of his RF fetlock during the Preakness Stakes, Just Steel has been a “perfect patient” according to Martha Jane at Mulholland Springs.

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