Editor's Note: This article was updated at 12:20 p.m. EDT to include additional information.

Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan was taken to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, May 16 for emergency colic surgery, trainer Charlie LoPresti said.

The six-time Eclipse Award winner began to show signs of colic after a routine gallop at Keeneland Race Course, also in Lexington, the morning of May 16, and was transported to Rood & Riddle shortly therafter. Scott Hopper, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, performed the surgery, LoPresti said.

"He had a routine gallop, trained great this morning, and about an hour after training he started acting like he was uncomfortable in the stall," the trainer explained. "We medicated him and he didn't respond. Once we got him over to Rood & Riddle, they ultrasounded him and the vet saw a piece of small intestine he didn't like

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