Point Given Retired After Injury; Stud Plans Undecided  Point
Given Retired After Injury; Stud Plans Undecided Photo: Mike
Corrado Leading Horse of the Year candidate Point Given, now
retired. Leading Horse of the Year candidate Point Given has
been retired because of a strain to a tendon of his left
foreleg, trainer Bob Baffert announced on Friday.  Although no
stud plans have been made, speculation has begun about possible
farms where the colt could end up.   "After the Travers, he was
fine," Baffert said. "There was absolutely no problem, so it's
hard to say how this happened. The day before he'd been rearing
and was a little wild, so we decided to give him an extra day
off. When the groom took the poultice off him yesterday, he
noticed the heat in the area just below his knee. We iced him
and it looked good, but an ultrasound (by veterinarian Vince
Baker) showed a little strain."  "This horse had legs like a
tree trunk," the trainer added. "When we found out what was
wrong, I almost broke down in tears."