Cats Don't Dance, one of the two surviving American Saddlebreds injected with a caustic substance several weeks ago, was recovering yesterday (June 21) at Hagyard-Davidson-McGee Associates (HDM) in Lexington, Ky. Nathan Slovis, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, is the treating veterinarian of the 6-year-old gelding at the hospital's medicine facility.

Cats Don't Dance's injury

ANNE EBERHARDT PHOTO

Nathan Slovis, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, shines a penlight into the injury in the left foreleg of Cats Don't Dance, the American Saddlebred still under treatment for his injury.

The other horse, Sassational, a 3-year-old filly, is recovering well and her injury doesn't require bandaging any more, according to her owner, Dena Lopez, a prominent Saddlebred trainer. Lopez discovered the injuries to five valuable horses at her Double D Ranch in Versailles, Ky., on June 30. The other three horses were euthanized last week after developing complications resulting from their injuries.

Former five-gaited world champion Wild Eyed and Wicked, an 11-year-old gelding owned by Sally Jackson of Overland Park, Kan., was one of the first two horses euthanized. He and Meet Prince Charming, a 2-year-old gelding also owned by Lopez, were put down on July 17 after both deteriorated and began to founder. Kiss Me, a 4-year-old mare owned by Jane Burkhemper, was euthanized on July 18. The mare's remains are being autopsied at the Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center in Lexington

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