Saratoga Warrior shipped down to Two Springs in Ocala, FL per our previous update. Upon arrival at the farm, additional diagnostics were performed and a small osteochondroma spike (boney outgrowth) was discovered on the back side of his right distal radius (forearm) just above the knee, which was impacting the surrounding soft tissue and explains the inflammation (click here for a diagram).

He underwent successful surgery today at Ocala Equine Hospital to remove the osteochondroma and clean up the surrounding tissue.

His prognosis for returning to 100% soundness is very good.

He will be on stall rest with hand-walking for the next 30 days and at that point will be rechecked with the hopes of graduating to small paddock turnout.

This setback will be a bit longer than previously reported, but a full reset may very well do him some good.