Buddy’s Saint, a promising graded stakes winner that had been
nearing a return to the races, broke down in a workout this morning on the Belmont Park main track and had to be
euthanized.
The 3-year-old son of Saint Liam, trained by Bruce Levine, had a very
impressive 2009 juvenile campaign including wins in the Grade 2 Nashua and Remsen
at Aqueduct Racetrack.
According to Dr. Anthony Verderosa, Chief Examining Veterinarian of The
New York Racing Association, Inc., Buddy’s Saint fractured his left
shoulder while breezing on Belmont’s
main track.
In his first race this year, Buddy’s Saint finished ninth as the
9-5 favorite in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream in February, and
was subsequently sidelined with a bone chip in his right front ankle that
required surgery.
He had returned to the worktab on August 28 and had 11 published
workouts with the most recent being four furlongs at Belmont in 48.67 on November 8.