Reply #37: Egg Head euthanized

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Egg Head, one of the up-and-coming members of the 3-year-old division, was euthanized on Monday after succumbing to a case of founder.

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, who also owned part-interest in the colt, said Egg Head became lame in behind just before a scheduled work two weeks ago, and his condition steadily deteriorated.

"His hock blew up and we started to treat it immediately," McLaughlin said. "We stayed on it, but the problem never got better, eventually spread to his other hock, after which he began to founder. We still have no real clue what caused it."

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