RaceDay Chat with Ron McAnally
Wednesday morning on RaceDay America Jon White and I caught up with trainer Ron McAnally about his victory in the Beverly D Stakes with Éclair de Lune. Ron discussed how meaningful it was to finally win the race named for the late wife of Richard Duchossois, the owner of Arlington Park. Ron also mentioned how he had promised Mr. Duchossois that he would win this race for him one day.
While Éclair de Lune gave McAnally his first win in the Beverly D, Debussy took the Arlington Million in the first victory in that race for trainer John Gosden. Ron told us that only minutes before our phone interview a Del Mar employee had mentioned to him that Debussy was a French composer who’s most popular piece was Clair de Lune. Now that’s a daily double!
Global Hunter Update
Trainer A.C. Avila joined us on “RaceDay America” on Wednesday to discuss the progress of multiple graded stakes winner Global Hunter following his surgery for a dislocated fetlock. Global Hunter was injured on July 4th, just after the finish line in the American Handicap (G2). His injury looked dire, but Avila felt that the horse could be saved. Global Hunter was stabilized and vanned to Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center in Los Olivos, CA. The van ride to the clinic lasted for three hours. Avila told me after the interview that Global Hunter’s groom assisted the big bay horse for the entire trip by supporting him with his own shoulder.
The morning of July 5th Dr. Doug Herthel operated on Global Hunter for four and a half hours, inserting 16 screws and a plate. We showed the “before and after” radiographs of his right front fetlock on the show and marveled at the ability of the surgeons to maneuver the dislocated joint back into place to even perform the surgery.
Avila told us that Global Hunter is doing extremely well and that the next three weeks will be critical. He hopes to eventually send the multiple graded stakes winner back to his native Argentina to stand at stud.
To see Global Hunter walking after his surgery cut and paste this link into your browser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwlMlvFJHeE
