Sales and race performance of juvenile Thoroughbreds with surgically corrected large colon displacements.

Background: Juvenile Thoroughbreds can be expensive to raise and train to race. Part of the economic return in these juveniles are the weanling, yearling and 2-year-old in training sales at which major surgeries must be declared.

Objectives: To determine if surgically corrected large colon displacements were associated with a reduction of sales price and racing performance.