Trainers usually scratch horses due to adverse track conditions or a horse's adverse health. A veterinarian can scratch a horse at any time. A procedure in which steel-alloy screws are surgically inserted to hold together a fractured bone. The area of the hoof that contains nerves and vessels. Fracture of the sesamoid bone.
Fractures can be small chips or involve the entire bone.
Surgical repair is often done by arthroscopy. When a jockey assumes a lower crouch in the saddle while urging the horse to pick up speed. A row of barns. See capped elbow. A horse in need of more work or racing to reach winning form.