"It's a serious fracture. This will require pretty major surgery," Bramlage said. "Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer. His career is over. This is very life-threatening. He's being taken to UPenn now for surgery. yeah - and then staying calm for the time it takes to heal and not reinjuring himself.
Bramlage said a human would have to spend six weeks in bed with a comparable fracture, and "with a horse that's impossible."
"He's been X-rayed and he has fractures above and below the ankle. His career is over. This is it for him as a racehorse. We're trying to save him as a stallion. He didn't get to expend his energy, so he's still full of energy. You would like to settle the horse down and get him ready for surgery. There's some major hurdles here. He has to be stabilized. We're looking at a long surgery that will take hours."
Not a good prognosis but anything can happen. I do hope the horse can be saved.