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Chelokee's final cast comes off in Part 3 of The Surgeon and the Colt

16 Aug 2009, 7:22 PM

On Thursday in Part Two of this excerpt from the new book Equine ER , elite racehorse Chelokee, trained by Michael Matz (Barbaro’s trainer), was operated on by Dr. Larry Bramlage, perhaps the most famous orthopedic surgeon in the world. The colt had broken down one day before the 2008 Derby at Churchill Downs and was rushed to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital an hour away in Lexington. Today, Chelokee's...

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