Careful Of Equipoises Hoof, Daily Racing Form, 1934-06-22

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CAREFUL OF EQUIPOISES HOOF LEXINGTON Ky June 21 Relative to the withdrawal of Equipoise from the Gran ¬ ite State Handicap at Rockingham Park Saturday next it is a matter of general in ¬ formation among horsemen at Lexington that it was purely precautionary It is un ¬ derstood that Equipoises hoof has now grown out to such an extent that the cut made last winter to enable the horse to grow a new hoof has almost reached the lower margin of the foot It is feared that if the horse is raced just now there may be a breaking of the hoof at the scarified point It probably will be necessray to lighten up slightly in the horses training for two or three weeks weeksWhen When shown the dispatch from Lexing ¬ ton Ky at Aqueduct Thursday Thomas J Healey trainer of Equipoise refused to con ¬ firm or deny it He merely declared that he will continue to train the son of Pennant himself Equipoise has hot worked since last Saturday when lie galloped six fur ¬ longs in 113 at Belmoht Park 1


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