yes - found the article under the Arlington column - apparently training with the owners at Ruidoso (believe read a long time ago they breed quarterhorses) - so the surgery was to replace two screws with one, guess can understand them wanting to try but just dunno if he'll ever be quite the same, wish him well and them lots of luck with it though ..
The immensely gifted Euroears is on the way back from his second leg surgery, but trainer Bret Calhoun said he's uncertain whether Euroears will be rejoining one of his strings of horses.
Euroears posted a three-furlong breeze in 38.20 seconds on June 4 at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico, his first work since undergoing surgery late last year. An operation was performed on Euroears's right hind leg to remove two screws (and replace them with one new screw) that had been inserted to stabilize a fracture sustained in March 2008.
Euroears was the rage of the 2007-2008 Fair Grounds meet. He won three stakes that season, two on dirt and another on turf, to run his career record to 6 for 6 before suffering the original injury. Euroears finished fifth last November in his first and only start following his first layoff.
Calhoun said Jim Helzer, who owns Euroears with his wife, Marilyn, has a barn at Ruidoso, and is training Euroears there himself. Calhoun said Helzer had talked about racing Euroears in Southern California this year.
"I don't know if I'm getting him back or not," said Calhoun......
http://www.drf.com/news/article/104540.html
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Originally Posted by jpops757
Didnt Bret Calhoun have him before the injury?
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