Kentucky Derby fifth T O Password (Jpn) (Copano Rickey {Jpn}) has been sent to a farm to recover after surgery to remove bone chips in both front legs, trainer Daisuke Takayanagi announced on Tuesday. The news was first reported by Netkeiba.com.
The chips were found on Tuesday, with the surgery performed later that day. He is expected to be sidelined six months.
“He had surgery and [I] put him out to pasture today [Tuesday],” Takayanagi told the Japanese publication. “He will be fully healed in six months.”
A winner of a 3-year-old newcomers' affair over 1800 metres at Kyoto in January, the Tomoya Ozasa-owned colt added the Fukuryu Stakes to his haul on Mar. 23 at Nakayama, once again over a fast dirt surface. He was not disgraced trying 2000 metres for the first time at Churchill Downs, and rallied to take fifth in the Run for the Roses won by Mystik Dan (Goldencents). T O Password is the fourth foal and fourth scorer out of three-time winner T O Rachel (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}).
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