Sabellina Overweight?

[TJ]

Sabellina, a 6yo NY bred mare will run in tomorrows 8th at Belmont. She will be carrying Edgar Prado and her unborn foal by Pulpit. TJ

[Toccet02]

That's OK. They can do amazing things with maternity girths these days . . . .

[Rokeby Forever]

If Sabellina bumps another horse in the race, can the other rider claim "foal" against her?

[HR LLC]

Rok,
Don't quit your day job..

[Playwithfire]

Don't quit his day job...as long as his day job is comedy. Keep it up!

[francesca]

Racing her seems a little risky.

[Des]

I actually saw her a month ago when Joe got her back in the barn and she looked good. He mentioned that she was bred a week or so ago to Pulpit. I, myself think it is risky to run them in that condition but they said it's pretty sake. I did ask Joe if getting lasik posed any harm to the unborn but he said no it's been done before.

[TJ]

Hi Des,
Don't know how far back you go with him but I knew him when he first started training at Aqueduct. He had a horse named One Never Nose and did pretty good with him. One thing I know about him is he is a better trainer then people give him credit for. I'll be rooting for him and mommy all the way today:>) TJ

[dondogs]

Pulpit 2007 Fee: $80,000 Live Foal

Potential earnings (if I figured right):

Win $39,000
Place $ 13,000
Show $7,150

from a dollars and cents standpoint is it worth the risk?

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DRF states she is running on Lasix

6 6 Sabellina Prado E S Aquilino Joseph 121 L 5-1

BREEDING
Furosemide is not recommended for use in breeding stock.

PREGNANCY
Furosemide may cause fetal malformations and is contraindicated during pregnancy.

http://www.horseproducts.stablemade.com ... /lasix.htm

http://www.drf.com/entries/27/eBEL27.html?rn=424900 DRF Entries

[MizzenMast]

She'll show more speed than usual. It's the flight reflex, staying out of trouble while pregnant. No joke.

Miss High Blade did pretty well running a couple stakes in the mid-90s in SoCal while pregnant... it changed her running style a bit, and she had some success with it.

[dondogs]

I just heard on TVG that another entry in the same race is in foal:

13 AE Iron Goddess Hill C Hushion Michael E 119 L 15-1

edit:

Iron Goddess won gate to wire.....................

hope all came out well.

[TJ]

Hi Dondogs,
Did you hear who Iron Goddess Hill was in foal to? Not bad the in foal mares ran 1st and 4th. TJ

[Rokeby Forever]

Sabellina ran a gallant fourth today. But why did they race her at 7 furlongs when she wants to go longer? It's not like she has a lot of racing ahead of her.

[TJ]

Hi Rok,
This was a prep for a longer Stake down the road. You know, she was NY bred filly of the year a couple times and is an open graded stakes winner. Guess they want to add to her laurels a bit more before the baby comes :>) TJ

[Rokeby Forever]

Hi TJ,

Yep...I remember when Joe Acquilino (or Fireman Joe) trained her early in her career. My point was that she's got only a limited amount of time to race this year - why not get her ready for a longer race rather than prep her in a sprint and now wait another 3+ weeks to stretch her out?