The elephant forms its sixth "toe" from existing sesamoid bone, or as Hutchinson describes it, "old material." That's "rather than making a whole new digit, which is very rare in mammals,” he ...

Queman won his Oakleigh Plate (1100m) in 2024 for Harry Coffey when he sat second on a blistering speed and managed to hold off all challengers after hitting the lead late. "As long as he holds ...

Elijah Hewett could barely walk and feared for the rest of his AFL career during the worst of his battle with a rare and debilitating foot injury.

In a breakthrough demonstration of its predictive power, StrideSAFE—a wearable sensor used on all horses racing in Kentucky—identified a high risk of injury in a stakes-level Thoroughbred.

But when he didn’t respond to treatment, Hewett was forced to turn to a last-resort sesamoidectomy, a procedure that removes the sesamoid bone. “The whole pre-season leading into round one was ...

A surgical procedure called "fetlock arthrodesis" can be a life-saving procedure for a horse with a serious sesamoid fracture; the procedure involves repair by fusing the bones of the ankle joint it's ...