Trainer Chad Brown told the Daily Racing Form's David Grening on Thursday that Domestic Spending, who suffered a pelvic fracture during the running of this year's Breeders' Cup Mile, has healed enough to be moved from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital to Dell Ridge Farm to continue his recovery.
In the Breeders' Cup, jockey Flavien Prat pulled up the 5-year-old gelding going into the final turn of the turf course and brought him to the outside rail before unsaddling quickly. The horse was vanned to Rood & Riddle, where he had been receiving treatment.
In a Tweet on Nov. 8, Brown explained that his veterinary team believed the fracture had occurred when the horse left the starting gate, and worsened over the course of the race.
In that same Tweet, Brown said: “We are committed to provide him with a pampered life in beautiful pastures.”
Prior to Breeders' Cup day, Domestic Spending had never finished off the board and has wins in the G1 Manhattan, G1 Turf Classic, G1 Hollywood Derby and the Saratoga Derby Invitational to his credit. His last race was a second in the G1 Mr. D Stakes at Arlington Park in August 2021.
He had been training towards a Breeders' Cup start in 2021 but suffered a suspensory ligament injury in the days ahead of the race.
Brown conditions the 5-year-old for owner Klaravich Stables (Seth Klarman). He was bred in England by Rabbah Bloodstock and is by Kingman, out of Street Cry mare Urban Castle.
Pelvic fractures in racehorses can happen as the result of a traumatic event, but can also be associated with repetitive stress, sometimes in relation to breaking from a starting gate.
Read more about pelvic fractures in racehorses in this story from 2017.
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