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Euthanized. . . sucks.

From TDN:

Spurious Precision (High Cotton), winner of the GII Saratoga Special, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering a fractured left knee during a workout at Aqueduct Monday. The 2-year-old had been sent to the Hogan Equine Clinic in Cream Ridge, NJ for surgery, but additional x-rays showed the damage was more extensive than initially thought.

"He went a mile Monday and he looked super," trainer Rick Violette Jr. said. "But [exercise rider Rodney Payne] felt his stride change as they finished the work, and he pulled him up right away. The horse ambulance brought him back to the barn, and after looking at the initial X-rays, there was some hope that surgery was an option. We sent him down to Dr. Patricia Hogan, but the comprehensive set of X-rays taken at the clinic showed that, in addition to a slab fracture, he had significant damage that could not be repaired."

Hogan added, "Spurious Precision sustained a severely comminuted fracture of his left knee. Unfortunately, he shattered the two major weight-bearing bones of his knee, as well as incurring several other smaller fractures of the lesser-supporting bones, thus rendering the knee unstable and unable to support his frame. Heroic surgical measures were considered, but humane euthanasia was ultimately the only appropriate option for this type of injury."

Spurious Precision, a $105,000 OBS April purchase by Klaravich Stables, graduated first-time out at Saratoga July 21 before his five-length victory in the Aug. 12 Saratoga Special. He was being aimed for a tilt at the Oct. 6 GI Champagne S.