Concrete Rose to miss rest of 2019 with fracture

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Concrete Rose, the leading 3-year-old turf filly in the country, will miss the remainder of the year due to a hairline fracture in her right foreleg, trainer Rusty Arnold said Sunday.

Arnold said Concrete Rose seemed to be a little off in her training, but it took three sets of X-rays before the hairline fracture was detected. Arnold said veterinarians Dr. William True Baker, of Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, and Dr. Larry Bramlage, of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, both diagnosed the fracture after evaluating X-rays.

“It’s the start of a tiny crack,” Arnold said. “No screws, no surgery. She’ll miss 90 days of training, but she should come back 100 percent.”

Concrete Rose is 6 for 7 in her career and has won all four of her starts this year, including the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational and the inaugural running of the Saratoga Oaks Invitational on Aug. 2. She was pointing to the $750,000 Jockey Club Oaks, the third leg of the Triple Turf Tiara inaugurated this year by the New York Racing Association, on Sept. 7.

“It’s disappointing,” Arnold said. “As long as I’ve done it you realize you’re so happy they’re going to come back instead of having a career-ending injury.”

Concrete Rose, a daughter of Twirling Candy, is owned by Ashbrook Farm and BBN Racing LLC. Her other stakes wins include the Grade 2 Jessamine at age 2 and the Grade 3 Florida Oaks and Grade 3 Edgewood this year. She has earned $1,218,650.