FWIW.
Posted on 06/24/2008 5:50:55 PM PDT by gate2wire
Each day brings new entries in the "Brown Shoe Diaries." The latest photos from the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) reveal Big Brown was stepped on by Guadalcanal leaving the gate, and that the shoe did not re-set itself during the race as previously thought; the colt ran the entire way with the shoe dislodged and the nail protruding from it.
Even trainer Rick Dutrow, who had a hard time accepting the possibility that the incident hampered the colt, now believes after seeing the photos that it could have been an issue.
In a photo (shown below) that originally appeared as part of the Belmont race sequence in The Blood-Horse issue dated June 14, you can clearly see Guadalcanal stepping on the back of Big Brown’s right hind foot as the colt was bearing out into him. A slow motion look at the video of the start shows Big Brown’s head jerk sharply to the left just as he is struck from behind.
Another photo (above left), taken by free-lance photographer Bob Mayberger, shows Big Brown turning into the stretch while being eased by jockey Kent Desormeaux. The shoe is still dislodged just as it was in the original photo taken shortly after the break. So, the colt ran the entire race with a dislodged shoe (that had a bend or turn-down) and the nail still in it.
Hoof specialist Ian McKinlay at first thought the shoe had re-set itself upon impact with the ground during the race, because it was securely attached to the colt’s foot, although slightly spread, when it was removed by blacksmith Alex Leaf after the race. Knowing now that the shoe had not re-set during the race, McKinlay has a different take on it.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bloodhorse.com ...
FWIW.
Oh yeah, horse racing is legit. See WWWF. Read up on the industry. Do you believe that this can happen when there is big money on the line?
So what? He still lost.
Jockey injured, 2 horses (in different races) euthanized last Sat at Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan received minor injuries and his horse, Vinstar, was euthanized after the horse took a spill Saturday during the first race at Churchill Downs.
Bridgmohan was taken to a Louisville hospital, but had no broken bones or serious injuries, an agent for the jockey said.
According to a statement from Churchill Downs, the 29-year-old jockey was dropped near the sixteenth pole in the six-furlong sprint when the horse appeared to take a bad step.
Bridgmohan, who rode Pyro to eighth place in this year’s Kentucky Derby, appeared to be kicked by a trailing horse as he rolled under the rail.
Dr. Lafe Nichols, the state veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, said Vinstar had to be euthanized after suffering sesamoid fractures in both front legs and a dislocated right front fetlock.
The 3-year-old son of Vindication was owned by Stonestreet Stable and trained by Steve Asmussen.
A second horse was euthanized in the fourth race, according the Courier-Journal.
Naughty Fu Peg was given a lethal injection after fracturing the knee of his right foreleg during the race, the newspaper reported Saturday. The 3-year-old gelding was trained by Tim Burton for owner Sano Park.
A recent survey found that thoroughbred racetracks in the U.S. reported more than three horse deaths a day last year and 5,000 since 2003, and the vast majority were put down after suffering devastating injuries on the track.
Just posting for folks to see it.
If you have a problem, why waste your time responding?
See my post #5.
It is very sad.
Just thought people might like to see the pic.
Thanks for your post. Spit.
Yawn.
Because this is about the 5th time it has been posted and it makes absolutely no difference to the outcome of the race at all.
Whatever you say. Sorry I wasted your time.
My mistake, I misread.
OK. Sorry if I was rude.
Lots of other threads for you. Have fun.
"You spoke French!!"
(at least I think that's French)
“(at least I think that’s French)”
I thought so too, but my Jr. high school french didn’t cover that phrase.
I, too, apologize....now I feel bettah.
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