"Chief among Dan's many leg ailments, said Markey (who had obviously been talking to Hersey, though the trainer was not quoted directly) was 'swelling and pain in his left hind pastern and ankle.' The pastern—the bone that connects the hoof and fetlock—'has dropped about an inch and Hersey fears that further attempts to train him will cause a permanent breakdown.'" —Charles Leerhsen, Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 316
"Chief among Dan's many leg ailments, said Markey (who had obviously been talking to Hersey, though the trainer was not quoted directly) was 'swelling and pain in his left hind pastern and ankle.' The pastern—the bone that connects the hoof and fetlock—'has dropped about an inch and Hersey fears that further attempts to train him will cause a permanent breakdown.'"
—Charles Leerhsen, Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 316
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