But then, on the gallops, the horse split a pastern a foot injury that usually happens to younger animals.

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It was later discovered that dual Tingle Creek Chase winner Twist Magic, trained by Paul Nicholls, had fractured a pastern.

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Barbaro sustained a broken cannon bone above the ankle, a broken sesamoid bone behind the ankle and a broken long pastern bone below the ankle.

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