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Cox had expected to have three horses in the Derby but the barn was hit with some bad news on Thursday morning, when Fulleffort was scratched due to a chip in his left hind ankle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Fulleffort was scratched Thursday because of a chipped bone in his left hind ankle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

An army of people would spend a week or two searching for tiger tracks and making tracings or plaster casts of the left hind foot.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

"Look at the length of the skull, the length of the neck, and the length of the hind limb -- you're in heron territory."

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The rest of us stood there, up on our hind trotters, watching.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck