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I particularly like this: Dr. Gregory Bennett, a practicing veterinarian at Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga. “If it’s not overused, I think there is value. From my perspective, I wouldn’t say it’s race-enhancing. It’s more for the stress of the race and to induce appetite.”
So it’s not race enhancing but helps with the stress of the race and builds muscles….. Ok..
By Dan Farley(RP)
TRIPLE Crown seeker Big Brown has been reported to have sustained a quarter crack to the inside wall of his near-fore, but it is described as "slight".
"The horse is in nodiscomfort – he doesn’t know anything is wrong," said trainer Rick Dutrow of his Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner.
"He is trying to figure out why he is not going to the track and he has been tough to walk. Missing a few days of training is not going to hurt us at all.
"If I can work him on Tuesday before the Belmont, that would be perfect. Or even Wednesday would be good."
Hoof lameness expert Ian McKinlay said: "The injury is nothing remotely close to the two foot injuries he had last fall and winter.
"Those were wall separations and were very tender. This is just a straight quarter crack that will pretty much heal by itself."
Dutrow said he noticed a small spot at the place of the quarter crack on Friday and broughtin McKinlay to treat the area.
By the following day the quarter crack appeared, measuring about five-eighths of an inch.
McKinlay said he would "lace it up" and if all goes well the horse could return to full training by Thursday.
"I’ve known Ian for years," said Dutrow. "He worked for my father, and he gives me a lot of confidence. Ian doesn’t sugarcoat anything, and if he says this is nothing, that’s good enough for me."
Severe hoof problems kept Big Brown off the track for the entire month of January when he was training in Florida.
That sounds like a similar area to which Fusaichi Pegasus received his cut in the Pimlico barns prior to the Preakness.
Are we all agreed that giving steroids to athletes or horses is good for man and beast and is to be encouraged by winning?Big Brown,Curling athletes,.baseball etc. not named.
The idea that Ribot should be the only non-dirt horse on that list! Absurd.
What evidence is there that dirt horses are superior to turf horses? None, or hardly any. Except in the American mind. And we (some of us anyway) swallow it whole.
Where’s Phar Lap on that list anyway? After his one run at Agua Caliente Eddie Arcaro, the greatest American jockey of the mid 20th century, said Phar Lap was by far the best horse ever to race in America, and he held that opinion until he died.2008 Kentucky Derby ~ Winner: BIG BROWN
2008 Preakness Stakes ~ Winner: BIG BROWN
Post – Horse – Jockey – Odds
1. Big Brown, K. Desormeaux, 2-5
2. Guadalcanal, J. Castellano, 50-1
3. Macho Again, G. Gomez, 20-1
4. Denis of Cork, R. Albarado, 12-1
5. Casino Drive, E. Prado, 7-2
6. Da’ Tara, A. Garcia, 30-1
7. Tale of Ekati, E. Coa, 20-1
8. Anak Nakal, J. Leparoux, 30-1
9. Ready’s Echo, J. Velazquez, 30-1
10. Icabad Crane, J. Rose, 20-1PAST PERFORMANCES:
http://www.brisnet.com/bris_link/pdfs/h … 112893.pdfApparently Casino Drive was slightly lame this morning on his left hind. Believed to be a stone bruise.
With Casino Drive’s injury….is Big Brown ever going to come up against a decent rival?
So … Casino Drive is a non-runner?
That would be a huge shame. He had Big Brown covered for stamina, Belmont expertise and pedigree relevant to the race. The 7/1 on offer at one stage was a goldmine.
Is Big Brown ever going to come up against Curlin’?
The trainer wants a race off with Curlin at the end of the campain, good interview on ATR yesterday.
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The idea that Ribot should be the only non-dirt horse on that list! Absurd.
Remember that this a poll conducted by an American racing magazine in 1973 for the benefit of their readers.
Most of them probably took no interest in European racing whatsoever. Ribot, who had won two Arc de Triomphes and remained undefeated throughout his sixteen race career – and had sired some American trained horses by then – would have made it into their radar.
As for Big Brown. Surely it’s just a case of how far.
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The very unfortunate withdrawal of Casino Drive because of a bruised foot has surely given Big Brown pretty much a walkover now. It’s a shame as I think the Japanese horse was a real threat to the favourite.
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