1.   And he did it with a fiberglass patch wrapped around his left front foot, which he cut when he kicked himself during his disastrous start in the Preakness.

2.   Cigar also had the fiberglass patch removed from his right front foot, where it has been protecting the second of two cracks in the heel.

3.   He came back with a fiberglass patch protecting the cut and won the Belmont Stakes over Silver Charm, who had won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.

4.   He cut his left front foot in the Preakness, and has been running with a fiberglass patch protecting the cut.

5.   He suffered a cracked left front hoof when finishing fourth in the Preakness, and raced in the Belmont with a fiberglass patch covering the crack.

6.   He sustained a cut hoof in the Preakness but has raced to the top of his age division with a fiberglass patch covering it.

7.   His feet were cleaned and a fiberglass patch on the old crack in his right front hoof was replaced with a light acrylic patch.

8.   On Wednesday, Touch Gold had a fiberglass patch applied, covering the crack.

9.   The fiberglass patch protecting the crack on his right front hoof?

10.   The superstar has been training with a fiberglass patch for protection.