Celebrity News Update

Celebrity News is still struggling to progress after having her hind suspensory ligaments injected. Trainer George Weaver was able to get her back on the track, but after consistently jogging, the 4-year-old filly is now showing signs of lameness. Over the past few days, George has only walked her and will continue to limit her training for the time being.

The positive is that we do have a baseline to go off being that she went through a nuclear scintigraphy not too long ago. George and his stable veterinarian have evaluated the filly on a daily basis trying to find the root cause of the lameness. They proceeded to perform diagnostic nerve blocks in hopes that would pinpoint the cause but failed to identify a source. The inconclusive nerve blocks do tell us that the problem is likely higher up rather than below the knee. The biggest struggle we, George, and his veterinarian are having is that the bone scan she went through did not indicate any issues up high.

The most likely explanation is a muscle strain, which we will have to deal with, but in the end, no matter what she’ll need some time right now to heal. We don’t currently have the answer to the situation, but the Weaver team has given her great care during this time.

With the additional time needed and a bit of an unknown timeline, our team and George feel it is best that Celebrity News heads to the farm and as a result has been shipped to Wavertree in Ocala, Florida. In the initial stages, she will be on small paddock turnout before moving out to a larger grass paddock. We felt Wavertree was the perfect spot for her, having access to turn her out, swim, and test her on the track before returning back to George.