Breakdowns at Belmont

Indychase · Postby **Indychase** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:36 pm

What has happened to Big Sandy? Opening week has been ugly.

Two euthanzied today, including Unrestricted, an A.P. Indy-Compsure colt and Gruffles, a Mr. Greeley-Darby Shuffle colt, Tiz Wonderful suffers a life threatening injury, Find a Chestnut broke down badly on opening day.

So much for it being so supremely safe.

pokeyman · Postby **pokeyman** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:21 pm

Well, I posted earlier but went back and read the BH article.

One horse had 2 starts and one 3...Yikes. Very sad. :-(

nferro9925 · Postby **nferro9925** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:21 pm

I just read the article and was "What the heck?"

Very sad day....

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:06 pm

Tiz Wonderful was a train wreck waiting to happen...look how Asmussen managed his comeback.

Gruffles is a Pletcher trainee - another goes to the cemetery. In that race, Allen Jerkens' horse won - his horses just don't break down, do they? :roll:

pfrsue · Postby **pfrsue** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:18 pm

I'm not a Pletcher fan, far from it, but I can't see blaming him for Gruffles. From what I read at bloodhorse.com, Unrestricted broke down and Gruffles couldn't avoid tripping over him, breaking his own leg in the process.

Indychase · Postby **Indychase** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:34 pm

Another one today, in the 8th . . .

halfbridled · Postby **halfbridled** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:55 am

Any info on the latest? Saw it on the chart but did not see the race.

Indychase · Postby **Indychase** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:03 am

halfbridled wrote:Any info on the latest? Saw it on the chart but did not see the race.

Electric Light was euthanized.

halfbridled · Postby **halfbridled** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:42 am

Oh shoot that sucks..

Thanks for the info and I hope this gets better..4 in just a couple days not good.

BenB · Postby **BenB** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:22 am

In our country they would shut the track at once

Laurierace · Postby **Laurierace** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:36 am

BenB wrote:In our country they would shut the track at once

In our country, if they shut the tracks down because a horse broke down, we would have to come to your country to run.

BenB · Postby **BenB** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:28 pm

Do not get me wrong.
1e Breakdown is not a problem
2nd Breakdown someone is raising his eyebrows
3rd Breakdown newspapers are asking questions and the public are questioning
4th It is a becoming a political problem, questions will be there for our prime minister stating animal care etc abuse of animals.

So if you send horses over here, send only the sound ones with 100% good x rays and 100% scans, without medical stuff, hormones etc overhere.

But yet over here is not a single purse left so get them horses other things to do.

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:39 pm

What's up with the NY gate crew? Bobby Duncan got the boot after constantly screwing up Saratoga starts and the staff is now worse than ever - all day today, they had trouble loading horses.

The Green Monkey's race had only six horses and it took them 4 minutes to load them.

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:50 am

i saw a race here earlier this year at Oaklawn where the date crew just plump left a starter out the race

louis finochio · Postby **louis finochio** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:02 pm

electric light has 3 crosses of Native dancer and 2 crosses of the foundation Mare Almahmoud, when I did a search on the family of Almahmoud, I found a surplus of un- soundness in her background.

If the industry would give a bone density test to these thoroughbreds that have sustained career ending injuries and breakdowns there would be much to learn. As there our families that when bred together will produce a higher rate of thoroughbreds that will have just a few lifetime starts before they go down to injury.