Broadcloth Through for Year; Fractures Left Hind Ankle, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-24

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Broadcloth Through for Year Fractures Left Hind Ankle AnkleHOMEWOOD HOMEWOOD 111 June 23 Xray pho ¬ tographs disclosing a bone fracture in his left hind ankle Broadcloth runnerup to Pensive in the Kentucky Derby is through racing for the year and it could develop that the break suffered in the Withers Stakes may terminate his turf carrer carrerThe The black son of Good Goods was ac ¬ cording to Charles T Leavitt who trains him injured just after the start of the Withers and the accident fully explains his failure to prove a contender in that Bel mont Park fixture fixtureThe The speedy threeyearold owned by Mrs George Poulson of Los Angeles became one of the choices for the Kentucky Derby when he easily accounted for the seventh running of the 5000 added Derby Trial Stakesjust four days prior to the Louisville classic In the latter race he was beaten four and one half lengths by Pensive after making much of the pace He ran the one mile of the Derby Trial in 137 one of the fastest races of the spring season at the Churchill Downs track trackBroadcloth Broadcloth ran his early races last year under the colors of John Marsch of Chi ¬ cago but was sold last fall to his present owner


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