10th@ churchill - irish majesty
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10th@ churchill - irish majesty
did anyone catch the 10th at churchill yesterday for 2 year olds? irish majesty ducked into the rail and tried to jump it. he went one way and mark guidry went another. the jockey is okay, i'm wondering about the horse. it appeared his back foot got hung on the rail. i'm just wondering if he's okay.
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Re: 10th@ churchill - irish majesty
mightyhijames wrote:did anyone catch the 10th at churchill yesterday for 2 year olds? irish majesty ducked into the rail and tried to jump it. he went one way and mark guidry went another. the jockey is okay, i'm wondering about the horse. it appeared his back foot got hung on the rail. i'm just wondering if he's okay.
Here is article from B-H:
http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=30993
Tairaterces
"and Secretariat let no one down on the unforgettable afternoon of June 9, 1973, when he ran a hole in the wind"
~Bob Ehalt~
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~Bob Ehalt~
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Bet that horse will be traumatized for a while. Jockey too. Glad to hear Jockey OK. Was he a first time starter? I had a first time starter several years ago that was so excited when she got on the track that she bunny hopped a few lengths during post parade.
The idiot jockey got off the horse, which is okay, but he lost/let go of the reins. My horse took off flying past the first outrider (surprised), and another outrider took off to catch her. He tried to pen her against the rail ( another mistake), but Millie jumped at the rail during a full run and flipped over it.
We did several xrays the following weeks and found nothing, but she ended up chipping her knee after her sixth race -which I blame on the flip over the rail. I feel for everyone that this instance happened to.
The idiot jockey got off the horse, which is okay, but he lost/let go of the reins. My horse took off flying past the first outrider (surprised), and another outrider took off to catch her. He tried to pen her against the rail ( another mistake), but Millie jumped at the rail during a full run and flipped over it.
We did several xrays the following weeks and found nothing, but she ended up chipping her knee after her sixth race -which I blame on the flip over the rail. I feel for everyone that this instance happened to.
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Here's one for the books. I watched this race and it was weird the way she lost it and went sideways. The pinched nerve seems the most plausible. . . . Good news is she is still racing today competitively. . . . . . .
Daily Racing Form - 10/6/2003
Bay Meadows
Fallen filly escapes tight spot
By CHUCK DYBDAL
SAN MATEO, Calif. - When trainer Art Sherman dropped a claim on a 2-year-old filly named Snowbound Nan last Wednesday, he didn't know that he would get what he calls a "miracle horse" for $12,500.
Snowbound Nan fell during the running of her race and got lodged under the inner safety rail. An injection was prepared to euthanize her, but after track vet Dr. Robert Connolly was able to extricate her from under the rail, she not only got back on her feet but also walked back to her new home in Sherman's barn.
"I couldn't believe it," Sherman said. "I have an insurance policy to cover all my horses, including the ones I claim. After the spill, I was actually calling the insurance company to alert them that I would have to file a claim.
"You hate to see any horse go down any time, but I was really shaken up because this was the first horse I'd claimed for John Avila. We got outshook for a couple others."
Snowbound Nan was the odds-on favorite in the race. She stalked pacesetting Tomorrow's Affair into the lane when something happened nearing the sixteenth pole. She appeared to become disoriented, made a 90-degree turn, and was sideways across the track as she fell while backing straight toward the rail.
Jockey Roberto Gonzalez still isn't sure what happened to Snowbound Nan.
"I though maybe she had a heart attack," he said, which was the early consensus of many observers. But he told Dr. Connolly immediately after the accident that he heard a loud pop as well.
Dr. Connolly arrived on the scene quickly, discovered Gonzalez was unhurt, and turned his attention to the filly, who was cast under the safety rail with her hind legs firmly wedged into it.
He prepared a shot to put her down but saw no visible injury and decided to try to unwedge her, which took some time before she relaxed her hind legs. When he finally got her out from under the rail, he recognized she was tired from the stress and gave her time to rest before she bounded back to her feet.
While he is as mystified as everyone else as to what happened, Dr. Connolly said he thought the pop Gonzalez initially reported was either the joint in the filly's hip or stifle [similar to a knee] perhaps locking up. He also thinks that there may have been a pinched nerve.
Snowbound Nan needed eight stitches to repair a cut in a rear leg and hasn't yet returned to the track for training, Sherman said. He said after the stitches are removed, he will send her to a farm for a brief vacation but that she is likely to race again.
Daily Racing Form - 10/6/2003
Bay Meadows
Fallen filly escapes tight spot
By CHUCK DYBDAL
SAN MATEO, Calif. - When trainer Art Sherman dropped a claim on a 2-year-old filly named Snowbound Nan last Wednesday, he didn't know that he would get what he calls a "miracle horse" for $12,500.
Snowbound Nan fell during the running of her race and got lodged under the inner safety rail. An injection was prepared to euthanize her, but after track vet Dr. Robert Connolly was able to extricate her from under the rail, she not only got back on her feet but also walked back to her new home in Sherman's barn.
"I couldn't believe it," Sherman said. "I have an insurance policy to cover all my horses, including the ones I claim. After the spill, I was actually calling the insurance company to alert them that I would have to file a claim.
"You hate to see any horse go down any time, but I was really shaken up because this was the first horse I'd claimed for John Avila. We got outshook for a couple others."
Snowbound Nan was the odds-on favorite in the race. She stalked pacesetting Tomorrow's Affair into the lane when something happened nearing the sixteenth pole. She appeared to become disoriented, made a 90-degree turn, and was sideways across the track as she fell while backing straight toward the rail.
Jockey Roberto Gonzalez still isn't sure what happened to Snowbound Nan.
"I though maybe she had a heart attack," he said, which was the early consensus of many observers. But he told Dr. Connolly immediately after the accident that he heard a loud pop as well.
Dr. Connolly arrived on the scene quickly, discovered Gonzalez was unhurt, and turned his attention to the filly, who was cast under the safety rail with her hind legs firmly wedged into it.
He prepared a shot to put her down but saw no visible injury and decided to try to unwedge her, which took some time before she relaxed her hind legs. When he finally got her out from under the rail, he recognized she was tired from the stress and gave her time to rest before she bounded back to her feet.
While he is as mystified as everyone else as to what happened, Dr. Connolly said he thought the pop Gonzalez initially reported was either the joint in the filly's hip or stifle [similar to a knee] perhaps locking up. He also thinks that there may have been a pinched nerve.
Snowbound Nan needed eight stitches to repair a cut in a rear leg and hasn't yet returned to the track for training, Sherman said. He said after the stitches are removed, he will send her to a farm for a brief vacation but that she is likely to race again.
"and Secretariat let no one down on the unforgettable afternoon of June 9, 1973, when he ran a hole in the wind"
~Bob Ehalt~
Avatar: Istabraq (Sadler's Wells x Betty's Secret by Secretariat) Champion Hurdler
~Bob Ehalt~
Avatar: Istabraq (Sadler's Wells x Betty's Secret by Secretariat) Champion Hurdler
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Re: 10th@ churchill - irish majesty
Tairaterces wrote:mightyhijames wrote:did anyone catch the 10th at churchill yesterday for 2 year olds? irish majesty ducked into the rail and tried to jump it. he went one way and mark guidry went another. the jockey is okay, i'm wondering about the horse. it appeared his back foot got hung on the rail. i'm just wondering if he's okay.
Here is article from B-H:
http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=30993
Tairaterces
thanks for the clip. so glad to hear the horse came out of it okay. like the article said, they think he jumped a shadow, which makes sense. we were commenting on how long the shadows were at some of the tracks.
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Uh, midwayroadmom - you should reread my post - I have not accused Mark - if that is the jockey- of anything, other than speak of my relief he is okay. My post concerns what happened to my horse and me - just relaying a like experience.
About insanity - I have been accused of that - but it never held up.
About insanity - I have been accused of that - but it never held up.
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My inner proofreader tells me the sentence would read better "the Jockey made an idiotic mistake ..." Naturally the jockey could not be an idiot - he was licensed - and if that offended you, I offer the above sentence. However - your comprehension is faulty- the description goes to the jockey that was responsible for causing my horse injury.