Breeders' Cup report: Mongolian Groom had pre-existing joint injuries

Mongolian Groom, the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic runner who suffered a fatal injury in the stretch of the race, had lesions on both rear fetlock joints indicative of lameness, according to a report commissioned by the Breeders’ Cup to examine the fatality, but the nature of the injury made a diagnosis of lameness difficult to detect without additional measures. While the report notes that the post-mortem examination of the horse turned up evidence of the injuries, the report also states that there were no obvious signs of lameness that would have led to a conclusive diagnosis that the horse was unsound to race.

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