Eddie's First Out of Real Good Deal

Eddie’s First, a 3-year-old son of Square Eddie entered in Friday’s $200,000 Real Good Deal, is being examined and treated after collapsing during training on Tuesday morning during training.

Jockey Amir Cedeno was momentarily pinned under the horse but fast action by trainers Phil D’Amato and Gary Mandella prevented major injury to either horse or rider.

“(Eddie’s First) looks great today,” trainer Doug O’Neill said Wednesday. “He just had a bad nosebleed. I don’t know if it was the humidity or what caused it, but it got to the point where he was struggling to breathe and that’s what made him collapse.

“We’re going to X-ray his lungs in the next few days and talk to the veterinarian about what it’s going to take for his lungs to get healthy and start exercising again. Hopefully they’re clean and it was an isolated incident. If there was any trauma to his lungs, then that can take a few months.”