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spring. He finished second at Piedmont in his first point-to-point outing in March, then won at Orange County April 1 before heading to the National Steeplechase circuit, placing second at My Lady’s Manor and hitting Charlotte April 28.
“We didn’t know it, but he ripped his [front] shoe off in that race,” explained Fout, who trains in The Plains. “He tore his tendon, too. Hell, he came ‘that’ close to cutting his tendon in half Took 10 stitches to repair it. I wasn’t sure he’d make it back.”
Fout said he took it slow with the horse, regaining his fitness gradually and keeping a careful eye on the tendon. “I love this horse so much,” Fout said. “He has a huge turn of foot.” Fout said that his plans were to head to Shawan Downs next. “He’s much more clever over the bigger fences,” such as the ones he’ll jump at the Sept. 29 meet near Baltimore.
Fout and McCarron also paired with Margaret White’s Church Ghost to win a division of the open flat race. Dejavualloveragain (Carl Rafter) won the other division.
In Saturday’s other racing, The Plains might prove to have the season’s most promising timber horses this fall. Trainer Richard Valentine, who trains at Whitewood Farm, within two miles of Fout’s Coosaw Farm, saddled Major Frank to win the maiden timber for owner Emery Taylor. Major Frank (Rod McKenzie up) set much of the pace. The 9-year-old son of Danzig responded when challenged by Won Wild Bird with three furlongs to go and won as much the best.
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