At 06:06:52 PST on 07-09-96, Jill T. wrote:

>I was amazed to read this morning that Silver Goblin is returning to the track. He had sustained a horrible fracture to the ankle during last year's Met Mile. The fracture was so bad that the vets couldn't use screws to pin the ankle together. According to Gary West's article in this morning's paper (Dallas Morning News), the gelding's owner, Al Horton of McAlester OK, got Larry Bramlage to oversee SGs recovery. The patient acted the perfect gentleman, cast and all, and has recovered so well that he is back working with trainer Ken Smith at Arlington. He posted a 5f work in 1:00 4-5, and galloped another 1/8 in 1:13 3-5. The next fastest work was from a multiple stakes winner who did 6f in 1:14 on a slow track. Incredible story, or what?
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>Dear Jill,

I have a horse in California who had identical injuries to Silver Goblin. His name is R Friar
Tuck and he has been away for quite a while and is now running as good
as ever before. His fractures were also too severe for screws and
time off worked for him too.
He has been training very well.
Good luck to Silver Goblin too!