Racehorse Paynter to Rehab at Fair Hill Equine Therapy

Zayat, commenting Oct. 12, said the intent is to eventually return Paynter to training.
Share
Favorite
Close

No account yet? Register

ADVERTISEMENT

This year’s Belmont Stakes runner-up Paynter will leave the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center Monday for Bruce Jackson’s Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center in Elkton, Md., where he is expected to rehabilitate from a serious illness and surgery, owner Ahmed Zayat said.

Zayat, commenting Oct. 12, said the intent is to eventually return Paynter to training.

"We decided to be extremely cautious in his rehab," Zayat explained. "He is ultimately going to end up being in Kentucky for rehab for two to three months, but we want him first to rehab three to four weeks (in Maryland), and then make the trip. We’d like to ship him there Sunday (Oct. 14) at noon, or it might be moved to Monday (Oct. 15) morning if we can’t get the right van."

The 3-year-old son of Awesome Again is expected to continue his recovery at WinStar Farm in Lexington, Ky., if all goes well at the Maryland facility, Zayat said

Create a free account with TheHorse.com to view this content.

TheHorse.com is home to thousands of free articles about horse health care. In order to access some of our exclusive free content, you must be signed into TheHorse.com.

Start your free account today!

Already have an account?
and continue reading.

Share

Written by:

Winner of the 2011 Eclipse Award for Feature/Commentary and the 2008 Louisville Metro Journalism Award for Sports Writing, Claire Novak has melded her love for human-interest journalism and the equine breed into a successful Turf writing career. Since her first freelance article on racing was published at BloodHorse.com in 2005, her byline has appeared in the New York Times, ESPN The Magazine, and on ESPN.com, among others. She lives near Lexington and, when not writing about racing, can often be found jumping her Thoroughbred, Bob.

Related Articles

Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with

FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.com

Sponsored Content

Weekly Poll

sponsored by:

Where do you primarily feed your horse?
277 votes · 277 answers

Readers’ Most Popular

Sign In

Don’t have an account? Register for a FREE account here.

Need to update your account?

You need to be logged in to fill out this form

Create a free account with TheHorse.com!