After Harrowing Pastern Fracture, New Vocations Trainer Letting ‘Vinny’ Choose His Path
by Natalie Voss | |
You may remember a story [Paulick Report] published in summer 2022 about D'Vinicris, whose pastern radiographs set Twitter buzzing. Less than a year after he suffered two seriously displaced fractures of P1, the bone that runs between the pastern and the top of the hoof, he's ready to make headlines in a new way.
You can read our coverage of his injury and recovery here.
The David Donk trainee was pulled up in April 2022 with an injury and underwent successful surgery with Dr. Patty Hogan to insert six screws to close the fracture lines. Despite the severity of the injury, Hogan said the son of Giant Surprise would have no future performance limitations. In fact, he returned to race training but after seeing him gallop, his connections felt he probably wouldn't return to the same level of competition and opted to retire him.
D'Vinicris made his way to North Country Horses in Gansevoort, N.Y., where he became part of New Vocations' adoption network. Amanda Vance, owner/trainer at North Country, oversees retraining and adoption of 20 to 24 off-track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) and Standardbreds for New Vocations within her barn of 60 horses. She remembers D'Vinicris as an instant barn favorite upon his arrival to the facility earlier this winter.
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