Calder race 8 today?

Gato Del Sol · Postby **Gato Del Sol** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:40 pm

Anybody know the status of Heavenly Beauty the favorite in race 8 at Calder today? The Equibase chart says she broke down on the turn and fell. Does that mean she was put down?

zinn21 · Postby **zinn21** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:06 pm

It doesn't mean she was put down. Perhaps someone at Calder can tell you-maybe their track vet.

Gato Del Sol · Postby **Gato Del Sol** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:12 pm

According to Calder's website she suffered a catastropic injury so she is gone. It is a shame her sire is Lightnin n Thunder and he had a career ending injury when he was 2. Another unsound stallion by Storm Cat passing on those good genes. :roll:

erhrdt3 · Postby **erhrdt3** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:13 pm

How sad

Hate to hear about these things.....

Q. Does Storm Cat have a bad reputation for being unsound as a sire? Are his sons usually unsound?

Jane · Postby **Jane** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:11 pm

could it not just be that the horse took a bad step? It happens...

Toccet02 · Postby **Toccet02** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:33 am

erhrdt3 wrote:How sad Hate to hear about these things.....

Q. Does Storm Cat have a bad reputation for being unsound as a sire? Are his sons usually unsound?

8.8% of the injured horses on my personal research of breakdowns are sired by sons of Storm Cat (well, 4 of them sired by SC himself).
Of course this may be misleading due to the prevalence of his blood in the current runners today.

erhrdt3 · Postby **erhrdt3** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:21 am

Thank you for your info.

I just hope and pray that my Metfield mare's first baby that is by a Storm Cat son will be nice and sound, as well as have a great personality. The sire is a gorgeous boy and has a friendly personality. My mare is gorgeous but can be a diva at times! I think I read that Seattle Slew descendants can be a bit stubborn at times....

thanks again!