drugs, mares, and Electrocutionist

[Joe]

I bought a mare off the track and she had so much Equipoise (Testosterone) in her I had to let het chill out for a year. She wasn't even cycling. After a year of hay, oats and water, she was ok.

Electrocutionist was a very good horse. I saw him run a few times on the internet and he was grand.

[teb]

Joe,
I don't know what point you are trying to make, but let me help you out a bit. Europe is a drug free zone. No drugs, including steroids, are tolerated at all. I'm sure someone somewhere is trying to get away with something, but things are much stricter here than home.
If you are making a point state it, but don't try and be clever.
Terri

[Ann]

I certainly agree with "teb" here concerning the use of drugs in Europe. Like you Joe, in the past we've had fillies come off the track so full of drugs they failed to cycle and many times exhibited very horsy attitudes. Pretty sad state of affairs. On another point concerning Electrocutionist, it could be that he had a heart problem all along...it's not uncommon you know. We had a foal born here several years ago that had a heart problem right from birth. He appeared and acted no different than any of the other foals and grew to be a big robust individul. To any person not knowing he had a hole in his heart, he would have been the pick of the crop. He died suddenly of a heart attack, at two years old.

Vets will tell you quite often foals are born with small holes in their heart but, more often than not, as they mature, this problem corrects itself. They say too...some don't. This may have been the fact with Electrocutionist.

Like you Joe, I followed Electrocutionist, somewhat. We have some of the female family of Cherry Mix, who was used as the "pacesetter"...aka rabbit, for Electrocutionist in the King George/Queen Elizabeth Stakes. My heart was with Cherry Mix that day but, now the loss of Electrocutionist puts a big lump in my throat.

[wilf]

When I was rubbing good racehorses in the 70s in Australia , an equine heart specialist stopped at the barn and examined several of our younger horses for heart scores. He left saying that one filly in particular had a poor heart score. 2 years later she was horse of the year and he had died of a heart attack. The mares name was Maybe Mahal.

[erins isle]

Also humans can have this heart trouble, my daughter of almost 11 years old was born with this little hole in her heart. She still had it about two years ago, last time we checked. Doctors say however that 60% will cure and there is nothing to be worried about. I can not see a difference between her and her schoolmates.

[Joe]

Don't fool yourself, when there are millions to be made, hay, oats and water don't make it. It's not what you know, it's what you don't know.