Pedigree Query

And he died in Panama, none of the stories I've read has given a REASON why he died, except that his last stud fee was 1250.00!

What is going on here? Does anyone know any more why he passed? He was not IMHO an old horse.

They need to stop shipping them all over the place ie in different countries as those in charge in America cannot always keep an eye on them. This is a shame.

erhrdt3 wrote:What is going on here? Does anyone know any more why he passed? He was not IMHO an old horse.

They need to stop shipping them all over the place ie in different countries as those in charge in America cannot always keep an eye on them. This is a shame.

Lawyer Ron and Saint Liam (edited!), both champions, died young in the USA, the former of colic and the latter of a broken hip after an accident. Free House reared, flipped, and died in California while being bathed. Unbridled died at 13 of colic. Bernstein died at 14 from colic, at the Hagyard clinic in Kentucky. Leading New Jersey stallion Unbridled Jet was struck by lightning and died. Saratoga Six and champion Favorite Trick were killed in a barn fire. In the book $tud, the author visits a farm in New Mexico that had lost its prize stallion when a cottonwood tree fell over on him.

Colic and paddock accident are the most likely suspects when a younger horse dies, and those can happen anywhere at any time, even with the best facilities and care available. Surely you are not trying to imply that simply by being in the US, that Unbridled Jet would not have been struck by lightning or that Free House would not have broken his skull after flipping during a bath? Or that trees don't fall and horses don't slip in Kentucky?

Just because a horse is overseas doesn't mean that it will be ill-treated or poorly cared for. And just because a horse is located in the US doesn't mean that it won't suffer from sudden illness or stupid dumb bad luck.

That was St. Liam, not Saint Ballado, that died from a broken hip.

Fireslam wrote:That was St. Liam, not Saint Ballado, that died from a broken hip.

Thanks Fireslam.

I thought all the Saints had to die a violent death to be named a Saint.

erhrdt3 wrote: "And he died in Panama, none of the stories I've read has given a REASON why he died"

I'm wondering if maybe someone found his meat really tasty? i don't think it is a crime (yet) to eat horse flesh.

Champion Easy Goer died at Claiborne Farm in the spring of his eighth year. An autopsy revealed he died of an anaphylactic reaction to an undetermined allergen and also had cancerous tumors in multiple organs.

The examining veterinary pathologist noted that fatal allergic reactions are more common than most professionals realize. They can even occur in Panama.

In 1997, Easy Goer was beatified at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs.

ummm....Alydar.

I suppose, however I wish that they would have put in the article why/what happened to him.

I know horses, even as big as they are, are really fragile creatures. And cancer seems to hit them often also. Someone help me, what was the name of that great sprinter who had cancer on his back or near his spine, and he still ran in the Breeders Cup Sprint as they did not know about it yet. I don't think he won but he came in second or something. A courageous horse he was.

I think what bothers me the most is when a mare who gives herself and her body year after year to carry foals, dies when trying to give birth. We've lost so many great mares to that.

Yea, and Alydar?????? WTF? Who could do that?

erhrdt3 wrote:I know horses, even as big as they are, are really fragile creatures. And cancer seems to hit them often also. Someone help me, what was the name of that great sprinter who had cancer on his back or near his spine, and he still ran in the Breeders Cup Sprint as they did not know about it yet. I don't think he won but he came in second or something. A courageous horse he was.

Lost in the Fog

That's him, what a sad story, he ran his heart out in the Breeders Cup when he had the cancer and they had not noticed it yet. Poor boy. I remember his unusual face markings, so pretty.