Franny Freud, the 5-2 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s Grade 1 Test at
Saratoga Race Course, will miss the race with a career-ending ligament
injury.
The injury was
discovered Thursday morning after the 3-year-old daughter of Freud had a routine
gallop.
“It’s kind of
shocking, but I’m glad we caught it before it could have developed into
something worse,” said trainer John Terranova. “She galloped beautifully this
morning, as usual. She never has anything wrong, but she had a slight amount of
filing on the outside of her ankle. We took an ultrasound, and we saw she had
damage to the ‘XYZ’ ligament.”
Owned by Paul Pompa,
Jr., Stephen Yarbrough, and Winter Park Partners, Franny Freud won seven stakes
in her career, including the Grade 1 Prioress at Belmont Park July 4 in what would be her final
start. She retires with a record of 8-2-0 from 11 starts and $698,197 in
earnings.
“She’s a Grade 1
caliber filly, and we were able to prove that,” said Terranova. “The good ones
like her don’t come around very often.”