La Cuvee ’21 Update

La Cuvee ’21 had his first official breeze July 22nd over the Saratoga turf course for trainer Wesley Ward. Breezing in company with two other stablemates, your son of Cotai Glory was outworked quite significantly. He was credited with a half mile in :52.85. Given this was his first work off of limited training it was not completely surprising he was behind from a fitness standpoint.

Unfortunately, out of the work this colt was diagnosed with a low dorsal cortical stress fracture in his front left limb. As revealed by a standard X-Ray, the rehabilitation for this injury does require surgery. The surgery involves a screw which will provide the best prognosis.

Following a successful surgery, La Cuvee ’21 has been shipped back to Stonestreet where he will complete his rehabilitation. He will be rechecked following 60 days off and based on the healing and progress of the fracture, future plans can be put together. This is of course not an ideal situation given the time and patience we have taken with him but this is something that will heal with time.