What's interesting about them, though, is that even though there's a ton of bone fragments in there, they are all roughly in the correct position (even the dislocation isn't way out of line). And that correlates with the report that he didn't have an open wound from this mess -- more good news.
The amount of hardware in that leg is amazing, though.
>And that correlates with the report that he didn't have an open wound from this mess -- more good news.<
Fortunately, his hind legs were wrapped for the race.
The wrapping of racehorse legs for racing and standing around in a stall borders on witchcraft, if you look into the arcana of what goes onto the legs beneath the bandages and the [supposed] reasoning behind it. Other than protect from superficial cuts and rundown injuries, and keep a catastrophic wound clean, I'm not convinced running bandages offer any additional advantages.
I am so impressed by this boy's calmness and obedience -- pulling up in the first hundred yards, standing waiting for the ambulance without making a big fuss, loading ditto -- that shows a lot of sense for a young colt.
He's been SO good -- he deserves to survive this and go on to make lots of pretty babies as tractable (and fast) as himself.
St. Martin of Tours and St. Anthony of Padua, please keep up the good work! And, St. Francis, don't forget this brave horse!
