1.   Another threat was expected to come from Touch Gold, who galloped after receiving a new patch on his cracked left front hoof.

2.   A bruise discovered on his left hoof explained part of the problem.

3.   Dr. Jud Butler pronounced the left hoof almost healed, and that was enough for Paragallo to book a flight to Chicago.

4.   He came out of the race with an injury to the inside of his left front hoof.

5.   He ran Saturday with an acrylic patch on the left front hoof he cracked in that race.

6.   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.

7.   He stumbled at the start of the Preakness, cut his left front hoof and then overcame one obstacle after another to finish a close fourth.

8.   He recovered from an infection in his left hind hoof last year, and the Andrewses considered taking Bodacious on another promotional tour later this year.

9.   His left rear foot clipped the back portion of his left front hoof and left a crack in the hoof wall.

10.   Scorpion missed the Derby because he cracked his left front hoof in the Santa Anita Derby while chasing Point Given, the eventual winner, in April.