Uncle Mo, the champion 2-year-old male of 2010, continues to exhibit positive signs of improving health and is on target to resume light training in about 10 days, WinStar Farm president and racing manager Elliott Walden said June 7.
Owned by Mike Repole and trained by Todd Pletcher, Uncle Mo has been at WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky., since May 9 when he was shipped from Churchill Downs after being scratched from the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). The week of May 29, after undergoing a biopsy, the son of Indian Charlie was diagnosed with cholangiohepatitis, which is a disease that affects the liver.
Since his time at WinStar, Uncle Mo’s appetite has improved considerably
and his weight has steadily increased. When he arrived, the bay colt
was 1,083 pounds, and as of June 7 he weighed in at 1,162 pounds.
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