Magical Ways Update

Magical Ways worked three furlongs yesterday morning on the Belmont Park training track in 38.22 seconds. Leana Willaford, Bill Mott’s Belmont-based assistant, said she liked the way Magical Ways worked especially with the little time off he had from the curb that was bothering him. She added that he looked a bit off when jogging him up first thing this morning and would reevaluate him later in the morning. During the reevaluation she noticed that he was off on his left front leg and called Dr. James Hunt for an examination. Dr. Hunt did a lameness examination and determined the left front ankle was the area of trouble. He administered a local anesthetic called a “four point” which blocks the nerves below the fetlock joint. Jogging after the block, Magical Ways jogged sound confirming that something in that area is bothering him. X-rays will be taken tomorrow morning and we will have another update once we get those results.