Deep bone bruise forces Palace Malice into retirement

Last updated: 9/5/14 2:37 PM

Palace Malice won four of five starts this year before suffering a career-ending injury

(NYRA/Adam Coglianese Photography)

Dogwood Stable has announced the retirement of classic winner Palace Malice.
A deep bone bruise in his left hind leg was revealed after an examination at
Rood & Riddle Veterinary Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, on Thursday, Cot
Campbell, Dogwood Stable president said.

“This situation causes us to address retiring Palace Malice, although Dr.
Larry Bramlage’s prognosis states that the horse should race to his true
potential as a five-year-old, after sufficient time for healing this problem,”
Campbell said.

“After winning four straight graded stakes, including the Metropolitan Mile,
Palace Malice ran a uncharacteristic race in the Whitney on August 2, and worked
several times in a lackluster manner following that race. When no apparent
reason for that immerged, we flew him to Kentucky on September 2 and the
examination revealed the reason for this change in form.

“We are contacting those breeding operations that earlier have expressed
interest in this horse and we will have discussions regarding his future.”

Palace Malice made 17 career starts during his three years of racing, with
seven wins (six in graded stakes), four seconds and a third for $2,676,135 in
earnings.

Highlights of his career include a pair of Grade 1 wins in the Belmont Stakes
and the Metropolitan Handicap; a trio of Grade 2s — the Jim Dandy, Gulfstream
Park Handicap and the New Orleans Handicap; and a Grade 3 win in the
Westchester. He finished sixth as the 3-5 favorite in the $1.5 Whitney at
Saratoga.

By two-time Horse of the Year Curlin and out of the Royal Anthem mare Palace
Rumor, Palace Malice is currently stabled at Dr. Robert Copelan’s Sunnyside Farm
in Paris, Kentucky.

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