Two Phil’s, one of the leading 3-year-olds in North America, exited his win in Saturday’s Ohio Derby at Thistledown with an ankle injury and is unlikely to race again in 2023.  Larry Rivelli, who trains Two Phil’s for Vince Foglia’s Patricia’s Hope, Phillip Sagan, and Madaket Stables said that Two Phil’s on Sunday was being transported to the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, where he’ll undergo further evaluation and is expected to be operated on by Dr. Larry Bramlage.    Two Phil’s won the Ohio Derby by nearly six lengths over the talented 3-year-old Bishops Bay, earning his second straight 105 Beyer Speed Figure, numbers that put him at the head of his class. Rivelli said Two Phil’s showed no sign of injury until Sunday morning, when pressure was detected in his right front ankle.   :: Bet the races on DRF Bets! Sign up with code WINNING to get a $250 Deposit Match, $10 Free Bet, and FREE DRF Formulator.  “It probably puts him out for the rest of the year,” Rivelli said. “We’re sick.”  Rivelli said stallion farms have shown interest in acquiring Two Phil’s, and it’s not out of the question that the colt won’t run again.   “He doesn’t owe us anything. In my experience, they aren’t usually the same horse after something like this. We don’t know the extent of it all yet. The amount of time off he’ll need still is to be determined,” Rivelli said.  Two Phil's is by Hard Spun out of Mia Torri, by General Quarters. Philip Sagan and his son, Anthony, acquired Mia Torri as a racing prospect, the first Thoroughbred they owned. After a successful racing career, Mia Torri was bred to Hard Spun, and after the resulting colt, Two Phil’s, failed to sell at auction, he wound up in Rivelli’s barn. Foglia is a longtime Rivelli client, and Rivelli suggested he buy a majority share in the unraced colt. Sol Kumin’s Madaket Stables bought half of Sagan’s share after Two Phil’s breakthrough victory in the Jeff Ruby Steaks on March 25 at Turfway Park.   In the Kentucky Derby, Two Phil’s raced just behind a very strong pace that exhausted everyone near it but he, the colt running on for an excellent second-place finish behind late-running Mage. Connections passed on the Preakness and the Belmont and were using the Ohio Derby as a bridge to races like the Grade 1 Haskell and the Grade 1 Travers later this summer. Now, those dreams have gone empty.  Loveberry injured Two Phil’s wasn’t the only member of his team to get hurt last week. His regular rider, Jareth Loveberry, had to miss the Ohio Derby (where Gerardo Corrales picked up the mount) and will be out six to eight weeks after being injured in the seventh race June 21 at Canterbury Park.  Though the original official chart makes no mention of it, Loveberry’s mount, Artemus Citylimits, stumbled at the start, causing Loveberry to lose his irons. Trapped along the inside, Artemus Citylimits started getting out badly going into the turn of this turf sprint, forcing Loveberry to pull mightily on the reins to avoid disaster. “Out of gate it jerked my arm real bad and when he went to bolt on the turn it pulled it even harder,” Loveberry said Sunday.  Loveberry saw a doctor on Monday and reported that he was diagnosed with a partially torn pectoral muscle and two fractures of the scapula, or shoulder blade.  Loveberry has been based in Kentucky since April and at the ongoing Churchill meet at Ellis Park he’s ridden three winners from 16 mounts.  :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.