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With a Leg Injury, Eskendereya Is Retired

The injured Wood Memorial winner Eskendereya has been retired due to a leg injury. The owner Ahmed Zayat said Friday that tests showed that the 3-year-old colt had a soft tissue injury in his left front leg. The onetime likely Kentucky Derby favorite, Eskendereya was pulled a week before the race with swelling in the same leg. Zayat also announced he was selling a share of the horse to Jess Jackson’s Stonestreet Stables. The sale price was not disclosed. Zayat agreed to sell a portion of Eskendereya as part of a reorganization plan after his racing operation declared bankruptcy. The horse’s value was based on his performance in the Wood and the Fountain of Youth, and Zayat said the horse sold for more than the valuation price.