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Saint Liam is dead
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:25 pm
by sunday_silence
http://thoroughbredtimes.com/todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=65951&subsec=6
He was put down after fracturing a leg. It was not repairable. I can't take much more of this. RIP, lovely Saint Liam.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:57 pm
by Riskaverse
Oh My God
I just signed on and came to check out the site, as usual, and saw this. I thought my eyes were deceiving me at first...
I don't even know what to say... I can't believe it.
RIP, Saint Liam
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:00 pm
by jumper77
...after fracturing his left hind leg while being led to his paddock...
WTF?
All of this bad news is getting pretty hard to take. When it rains, it pours, I guess...
RIP
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:03 pm
by Barbaro06
This year has been terrible in the racing world. I just turned the channel to HRTV and there was the news. They showed the video of him winning the BC Classic.
I can't take much more either....
RIP Saint Liam.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:04 pm
by sunday_silence
http://drf.com/news/article/77810.html
Based on this article, he was just "goofing off" when it happened.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:05 pm
by Sam
If I believed in such things, I'd be inclined to think that sireline is cursed.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:31 pm
by Tairaterces
Years ago I read the book, "Country Life Farm Diary" and I am going to have to read it again to find the exact quote, but Josh Pons said, in essence, as soon as a horse is born they will repeatedly try to commit suicide.
And as the years go by I truely believe he was right. . . . . . . .
T
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:55 pm
by oliverstoned
More awful news. While Rock Hard Ten was my favorite and was very dissapointed he didn't make the BC classic showdown I respected Saint Liam very much and thought he was a worthy champion.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:23 pm
by Heidilady
I confess, everyday I get on Bloodhorse prepared to see that Barbaro's taken a turn for the worst (I'm trying to balance hope with potential reality) so I'm ready for bad news--I'm pleasantly surprised when it's something good. I was prepared for something bad like usual but got the gut check about Saint Liam and how exactly he hurt himself.
So many flip themselves over or goof off. Man O' War flipped over at age 2 before the Hudson Stakes at Aqueduct and could've broken his skull or who knows what. His jockey ended up with a bruised hip and strained back but MOW goes on, of course, to win the race. They're just so gloriously wild even as we've tried to tame them, sometimes that's their glory and sometimes their doom. "Playing" is really just an extention of that wildness. Running in a paddock could spell the end just because a horse's being a horse.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:16 am
by Barbaro06
Heidi....I'm reading the book on MOW...and enjoying it immensely.
What I am not enjoying is all this horrible news. We are drawn to horses because of their strength and grace...and yet they are so fragile!
RIP Liam....
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:33 am
by jumper77
Heidilady wrote:I confess, everyday I get on Bloodhorse prepared to see that Barbaro's taken a turn for the worst (I'm trying to balance hope with potential reality) so I'm ready for bad news--I'm pleasantly surprised when it's something good. I was prepared for something bad like usual but got the gut check about Saint Liam and how exactly he hurt himself.
So what happened? He just reared and flipped over?
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:14 am
by Sysonby
jumper77 wrote:
So what happened? He just reared and flipped over?
It sounds like he reared and slipped, falling straight down on top of his leg.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:15 am
by erins isle
How very sad, yes horses can be great and strong, but suddenly something happens and then they are so fragile and vulnerable.
RIP Saint Liam, may your offspring perform in such a way that people will never forget your name.