by Brisnet.com
Juvenile filly Weemissfrankie was back in her stall in Barn 52 North at
Hollywood Park on Wednesday following successful surgery Sunday for a condylar
fracture of her right foreleg.
“The surgery went excellent,” trainer Peter Eurton said of the operation
performed by Dr. Wayne McIlwraith at Los Alamitos. “I just got the e-mail from
Dr. McIlwraith. The prognosis is very good.”
The injury was discovered after Weemissfrankie finished fourth as the 4-5
favorite in the Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet on December 10
“One screw was put in. The fracture was non-displaced,” Eurton explained the
surgery before adding that the daughter of Sunriver might be able to return to
training in four months.
“We can start hand-walking her in 14 days,” the conditioner said. “She will
stay here for 45 days. She might start aqua-tread work in three months. In four
months, we could start jogging her.”
Eurton is hoping his star pupil might make a return to the races at next
year’s Del Mar or autumn Santa Anita meet.
Weemissfrankie established herself as the top two-year-old filly on the West
Coast after victories in the Del Mar Debutante and Oak Leaf Stakes, both Grade
1s, and a third-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.