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Originally Posted by Kasept

Summer Bird surgery a success
By Steve Andersen

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Summer Bird, the nation's leading 3-year-old in 2009, underwent successful surgery to mend a nondisplaced fracture of the cannon bone of his right foreleg on Friday and could return to trainer Tim Ice's winter base in Arkansas as quickly as the middle of this week, the trainer said.

The surgery was conducted in a backstretch hospital at Hollywood Park, where Summer Bird will remain for a few days while his condition is assessed. Summer Bird could be flown to Oaklawn Park on Wednesday if he has recovered sufficiently, Ice said.

"The surgery went excellent," Ice said on Friday. "We have a good prognosis. We'll look at him Tuesday. If he looks good Tuesday night, he'll fly out on Wednesday morning."

Has a syndicate been formed yet? Where do you expect him to stand?