Kentucky Derby Winner Animal Kingdom Sidelined For Rest Of 2011 With Leg Fracture

Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom will be sidelined for the rest of 2011 after suffering a leg fracture. The trouble for the three-year-old colt began in early June when trainer Graham Motion discovered it walking with a limp. X-rays showed the fracture to be in the left hind leg.

Late Wednesday, Animal Kingdom owner ‘Team Valor’ announced that the horse would have corrective surgery the following morning. Dr. Dean Richardson of the New Bolton Research Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania is scheduled to perform the operation.