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Larry Bramlege, the veteranarian for the Triple Crown

O'Neill said the chestnut colt had been a "little quiet" the last few days.
The injury was first noticed Thursday when the team noticed a loss of definition in his left front leg after he galloped.
After applying a special poultice, I'll Have Another was back to the track early Friday morning.

"We did just an easy gallop with him around the track and cooling out you could tell the swelling was back," O'Neill said after showing off the colt to the media at the press conference.

He said the injury was diagnosed the start of tendonitis in his left front tendon and that prompted the unanimous decision to
retire I'll Have another.

"It's far from tragic, but it is disappointing," O'Neill said.

"It's been an incredible ride and incredible run," he said. "I know we are going to be back here again. It's just a freakish thing.

After losing the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga last September, I'll Have Another took the rest of the year off with shin problems. Then after winning the Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita, the had another two months off leading up to the Santa Anita Derby, which he won April 12, before then taking the Kentucky Derby and Preakness to set up the Triple Crown bid.

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