get well soon!

[sack]

this amazing horse has not only survived reconstructive surgery to his right rear leg, he actually got up and walked around and got something to eat after five hours of being worked on. BEST OF LUCK!

 

[CoventryCat86]

He should have been scratched and never raced. He had busted through the gate of the stall just prior to the start of the race which if it was any other horse, he would have been scratched but no, these idiots (the officials) broke the rules and look what they got.

Absolutely pathetic....

 

[sack]

He should have been scratched and never raced. He had busted through the gate of the stall just prior to the start of the race which if it was any other horse, he would have been scratched but no, these idiots (the officials) broke the rules and look what they got.

Absolutely pathetic....

unfriggen believable, someone should lose their job over this! :angry:

 

[Pompous Pugs]

He should have been scratched and never raced. He had busted through the gate of the stall just prior to the start of the race which if it was any other horse, he would have been scratched but no, these idiots (the officials) broke the rules and look what they got.

Absolutely pathetic....

Are you saying that because he broke the gate (which I do not think is an automatic DQ). I believe the rule is that if a horse is "unruly" the starter can use his/her discretion to scratch the horse.

And could you imagine the uproar had the starter decided to scratch the Kderby winner?

Hindset is always better.

Tragic situation, but no "rules broken," starter used his/her discretion--we just now know it was the wrong one (for the animals sake, not the races).

 

[AVB]

A horse is a horse
Of course, of course.....

 

[Matt R]

There weren't any rules broken and the horse was not injured out of the gate. The jockey did an outstanding job pulling this horse up. Had he let him run much further, there probably would have been a less fortunate outcome.

 

[boonedoggle]

I didn't see the race, but checked out the highlights. Unbelievable. It's amazing that at one point in our history (mankind) people would have been put down for a broken leg!

 

[CoventryCat86]

He should have been scratched and never raced. He had busted through the gate of the stall just prior to the start of the race which if it was any other horse, he would have been scratched but no, these idiots (the officials) broke the rules and look what they got.

Absolutely pathetic....

Are you saying that because he broke the gate (which I do not think is an automatic DQ). I believe the rule is that if a horse is "unruly" the starter can use his/her discretion to scratch the horse.

And could you imagine the uproar had the starter decided to scratch the Kderby winner?

Hindset is always better.

Tragic situation, but no "rules broken," starter used his/her discretion--we just now know it was the wrong one (for the animals sake, not the races).

Okay, no specific "rules" were broken but the horse should have been scratched just by plain old common sense. It takes over 1000 pounds of thrust to crash the gate and when a horse does, I'd imagine he's knocked silly and sore as hell on top of being so pumped with adrenaline. And yes, the "uproar" of scratching the Kentucky Derby winner is just something that they were too chicken shit to have to take the heat for so look what happened. I hope the guy who didn't scratch the horse is sleeping okay these days......

By the way, what is "Hindset"? ???

 

[occifer143]

I thought MR.ED just talked not raced.

 

[DePasta]

Well, I guess having been around horses for some time Their legs are more brittle than you think. When that much force, just the running is applied to the bones they can break. While the gate incident (an impressive show of force)could have been cause to scratch the horse that would have been unusual in a race such as a Triple Crown race. Barbaro broke three bones at three different times. The first was due to a mistep on the track and the next two occurred when he kept running ,as horses are bred to do. While scratching him might have kept him from breaking the leg, the fact that he wasn't scratched and the gate incident did not cause the break.

What I am surprised by is the length they are going through to save him (not that I mind) Most horses in that situation would have a different fate, especially if they had multi-million dollar insurance policies on them.

I am glad I got to see him make his Derby Run (took the picture in my sig tag as he came out of the third.)

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