Ruptured Tendon Brings Captain Bodgit’s Racing Career To An End

Captain Bodgit, beaten in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness by a total of less than a half-length, will not race again because of a leg injury.

“He was a truly admirable horse,” Barry Irwin said Wednesday in announcing the retirement of the 3-year-old star, who was expected to again seriously challenge Silver Charm when that colt bids for the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes on June 7.

Irwin, who managed Captain Bodgit’s career, told The Associated Press from his office at Pasadena, Calif., that his colt ruptured the “deep flexor tendon in the left foreleg.”

Irwin said the injury was not to the bulging tendon in the left-front leg with which the colt raced for his entire career.

“That just looks bad,” Irwin said.

Irwin believes the injury occurred in the Preakness last Saturday.

Captain Bodgit finished third in the Preakness, a head behind Free House, who was a head behind Silver Charm. In the Derby, he was second, a head behind Silver Charm.

Captain Bodgit earned $1,014,819 on a record of seven wins, one second and four thirds in 12 starts.