Saint Liam is dead

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sunday_silence
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Saint Liam is dead

Postby sunday_silence » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:25 pm

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.
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Postby Riskaverse » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:57 pm

Oh My God :cry:

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. :cry:

RIP, Saint Liam :cry: :cry:
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Postby jumper77 » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:00 pm

...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
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Postby Barbaro06 » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:03 pm

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.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
A horse gallops with his lungs
Perseveres with his heart
And wins with his character. --Tesio
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Postby sunday_silence » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:04 pm

http://drf.com/news/article/77810.html

Based on this article, he was just "goofing off" when it happened.
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Postby Sam » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:05 pm

If I believed in such things, I'd be inclined to think that sireline is cursed.
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Postby Tairaterces » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:31 pm

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. . . . . . . .

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Postby oliverstoned » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:55 pm

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.
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Postby Heidilady » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:23 pm

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.
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Postby Barbaro06 » Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:16 am

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....
A horse gallops with his lungs

Perseveres with his heart

And wins with his character. --Tesio
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Postby jumper77 » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:33 am

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?
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Postby Sysonby » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:14 am

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.
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Postby erins isle » Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:15 am

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.
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