Afleet Alex Retired
Because of a recently discovered leg injury. The problem, a wedge-shaped bit of abnormal bone, was uncovered during a scan of the colt’s injured left front leg, in which Alex was diagnosed with a hairline fracture of the cannon bone last July. Dr. Patricia Hogan described the wedge as “essentially an island of brittle bone that was once badly bruised, and over time has slowly lost its blood supply,” and said,
Chuck Zacney, managing partner of Cash Is King stable, said everyone involved was “disappointed and frustrated”:
If I may be allowed a moment of cynicism and snarkiness (I’m so disappointed at this news — there’s no horse I’ve wanted to see race again as much as I did Alex): It seems to me that any letdown the Cash Is King crew feels will be overcome by the giant piles of cash coming their way. No word yet on where Afleet Alex will stand at stud, but talk earlier this summer suggested the Preakness and Belmont winner was worth upwards of $20 million in the breeding shed.
