Quinton's Gold Rush

Diane · Postby **Diane** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:05 pm

Per TTimes, died earlier this week during a biopsy of a tumor. This is so sad. He was such a striking looking horse. RIP

LSB · Postby **LSB** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:27 pm

What a shame.

Derby2004 · Postby **Derby2004** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:43 pm

Was a good horse and runner

ZiaLand · Postby **ZiaLand** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:48 pm

How tragic. One of the most colorful horses in last years' Derby field. Too bad we'll never know what his potential might have been as a sire.

Laurie

TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:17 pm

That is incredibly sad. What a stunning looking individual he was ...

Johar · Postby **Johar** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:47 pm

I went to Keeneland on Lexington Stakes day last year for the sole purpose of betting on him. I checked the paddock before the race to get a look at him, and what I saw amazed me. He was one of the most striking, powerful and composed horses I have ever seen. He literally oozed class. I doubled my stake and he returned around 6/1. It was too bad he ran so poorly in the Derby 2 weeks later. It looked as though he was worn out from his schedule.

Very sad news.

Sunday Silence · Postby **Sunday Silence** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:04 pm

Damn! If only he had lived long enough to sire colorful babies :cry:

Joe · Postby **Joe** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:18 pm

It is a shame, he was very, very good looking. It seemed like he got worn out on the Derby Trail and never really recovered from it. It got so he was running terrible at some points and he was too nice a looking horse to do that. I saw him in his last race and he ran awfully short, which he shouldn't have been. I thought he was manged well and was probably a great horse and great dissapointment all-in-one for his owners. It was like he got in a post-derby funk and couldn't get out. Maybe the problems had something to do with that.

Was he a sabino ?

TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:00 am

Was he a sabino ?

Oh yes. Definately!
Actually he was a sabino / rabicano combined. The rabicano gene gave him all of the roaning on his body

I would have LOVED to have seen at least one foal crop from him

louis finochio · Postby **louis finochio** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:22 am

Quinton Gold Rush had a tumor in his nasal passage. If they could have shrunk the tumor without putting him to sleep to do the same, he would have been alive today. Their is something to learn from this, as this is not an isolated case.

Sam · Postby **Sam** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:13 pm

and 3 people in the last 2 days have gone in and changed the info under his name and made sappy "RIP you'll be missed" notes to his comments section.

head shake

Obviously when he died and what he died of isn't enough -- we have to have a paragraph of great sorrow ... that eats into the character limits.

louis finochio · Postby **louis finochio** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:56 pm

I asked my vet Dr. Jay Hill what the alternative's were in treating QG problem. Dr. Hill said they could have freezed the growth off, or used the laser and that would have solved the problem.

As it takes a TB death to look for an alternative way to make this a lesson well learned.

BJ · Postby BJ » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:43 pm

louis finochio wrote:Quinton Gold Rush had a tumor in his nasal passage. If they could have shrunk the tumor without putting him to sleep to do the same, he would have been alive today. Their is something to learn from this, as this is not an isolated case.

This is the same kind of cancer the vets tried to tell me my cat would never survive. Five years later, after putting her on every natural anti-inflammatory (shark cartilage, Omega 3 & 6 oils, Vitamin E, Wheat Germ Oil, & Spirutein Soy Protein powder 3x daily) the cat is alive & well and bringing me (dog) toys in her mouth daily. http://community.webshots.com/album/256272641QHeSQU
She was too sick to tolerate radiation therapy and they gave her less than 6 months (at the very most) to live.

Don't know how much of the above nutritional therapy could be used on horses, but I do KNOW, it takes true dedication to saving an animal to do it successfully. It also depends on the willingness and spirit of the patient to survive "incurable" cancer.

Didn't Bold Ruler also die of this kind of cancer? It is apparently inoperable, because its the kind of tumor that multiplies when it is cut into.

RIP Quenton's Gold Rush.

louis finochio · Postby **louis finochio** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:33 pm

If your animal or TB has a growth or tumor you can tie a knot around the growth or tumor with fishing line monafiliment works best. After you tie the knot around the tumor it cuts off the blood supply that feeds the tumor, and in a few weeks time the tumor or growth will fall off. Dont let anyone tell you this cannot be done, as it works every time.

Dont buy feed that has steroids in it, as this is what causes tumors or growths, go organic all the way.

henthorn · Postby **henthorn** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:51 pm

Louis, I'm just picturing someone trying to use fishing line around a tumor in a cat's or horse's nose :shock:

. Good luck getting it where it's supposed to go.

Yes, small tumors can be constricted in this way, because anything without a blood supply can't live for long. Unfortunately, many tumors have a large base, so that the blood supply cannot totally be constricted. And malignant tumors often invade into the surrounding tissues, so the tumor you see is only the tip of the iceberg.