Nehro, the fourth place finisher in the June 11 Belmont Stakes, will undergo surgery for a nonlife-threatening injury likely sustained during the final jewel of the Triple Crown. The 3-year-old colt is scheduled to undergo surgery at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, in Lexington, Ky., to remove a bone chip from his right front fetlock.

Nehro will undergo surgery to remove a bone chip from his right front fetlock.

"We didn’t see it until the next morning," said attending veterinarian James Hunt, DVM. "That’s generally the way things go … (the horse is) so hyped on adrenaline. A lot of times, unless it’s a catastrophic type injury, you won’t notice it until the following morning