After breaking his right hind pastern while warming up at Hanover Raceway on July 22, the future of Debbie Franic’s $2,000 yearling, Lucky Gift, was beginning to look

grim.

Lucky Gift, a two-year-old Sir Luck pacing colt trained by Terry Rideout, was assigned only a 50 per cent chance of a full recovery and faced the possibility of being euthanized but luck and equine surgeon Dr. Marc Desjardins were on the bay’s side.

To read an article in the Guelph Mercury profiling Lucky Gift’s recovery, click here.

(With files from the Guelph Mercury)