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Wanderin Boy (pictured, left) was forwardly placed in the Cigar Mile, then began to lose ground on the turn for home under John Velazquez. He fractured the sesamoids in this left front ankle, was vanned off and x-rayed, but could not be saved.

The 7-year-old son of Seeking the Gold was coming off a strong second to Horse of the Year Curlin in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. The Cigar Mile was the 25^th career start for the Arthur Hancock III homebred, who won nine races and earned $1,213,759. Wanderin Boy, trained by Nick Zito, won graded stakes at ages four, five and six.

Springside, a 2-year-old daughter of Awesome Again trained by Josie Carroll, was winning for the third consecutive time after scoring a maiden and allowance victories at Woodbine. She rallied from last in the six-horse Desmoiselle field, then was pulled up past the wire by jockey Garrett Gomez. “When she was galloping out, she swapped leads and I heard a pop,” Gomez said. “She never indicated that anything was wrong. Hopefully, I got her stopped in time.

“All the way around, she was very willing. When I moved her to the outside, she was really impressive. It is a shame that whatever happened, happened.”

Dr. Anthony Verderosa, chief examining veterinarian for the New York Racing Association said: “It is not a simple fracture, but the (right-front) pastern is intact."