This just in, and the sort of news you are always sorry to hear. Winslow Homer, an impressive winner of yesterday's Curlin Stakes, has emerged with a condylar fracture of his left front leg and will, of course, miss the Travers Stakes at the end of the month.

Trainer Tony Dutrow says the prognosis for a return to racing is good.

"We're anticipating he'll come back," he said. "It's a pretty simple procedure."

The son of Unbridled's Song will have surgery performed on the injury by Dr. Larry Bramlage in Lexington, Kentucky.

Winslow Homer won the Holy Bull Stakes earlier this year, but was quickly knocked off the Triple Crown trail by a stress fracture in his right cannon bone. He returned to run third in the Iowa Derby in late June. The colt then romped by nine lengths in yesterday's Curlin, with Dutrow saying he relished the nine furlong distance.

The injury is a bitter end to a big weekend for Dutrow, who had a pair of colts stamp themselves as Travers contenders. A Little Warm scored a handy win in the Jim Dandy on Saturday before Winslow Homer romped to the win on Sunday.