Tamara has surgery to remove sesamoid bone chip
?q=100)
ARCADIA, Calif. - Tamara, a Grade 1 winner in 2023, recently underwent surgery to have a bone chip removed from a sesamoid, trainer Richard Mandella said on Sunday.
Tamara sustained the injury when she kicked a fence leaving the Santa Anita infield training track in late January. Initially, surgery was not scheduled, but the operation took place in late March.
“It was simple,” Mandella said. “Everything went well.
“She’ll be out for a couple of months and we’ll bring her back in.”
Owned and bred by Spendthrift Farm, Tamara won the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante in September 2023, but has had only two subsequent starts – a seventh-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2023 and a second in an allowance race at Del Mar last November.
A 4-year-old filly, Tamara is by Bolt d’Oro out of Beholder, a Hall of Fame mare and four-time champion in a five-year career from 2012 to 2016.
Tamara missed a scheduled start in the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26 because of illness.
:: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.