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Best of luck to him. A fine horse!
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u307/ChristopherPHammond/stnicholasabbey1_zps9ba430fb.jpg
Lovely picture Hammy…still no news as yet, I suppose they can’t say until he comes round properly, but no news is sometimes good news so fingers crossed.
@ Andoyd…I’m sure you didn’t mean that the way it sounded. St. Nicholas Abbey has been such a great servant to racing he deserves everyone to be pulling for him at this worrying time. Terrible tragedies warrant our upmost respect at all times sad things are happening all over the World. St. Nicholas Abbey has become a very special horse to lots of people and who wouldn’t want to send positive thoughts his way to return to full health again and hopefully continue his career as a Stallion. Jac
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Coolmore tweets this morning.
After a lengthy surgery to fuse the pastern St Nicholas Abbey is recuperating in intensive care at John Halley’s Fethard Equine Hospital
Surgery was carried out at Fethard Equine Hospital in consultation with Dr Dean Richardson, Head of Surgery at New Bolton Centre Pennsylvania, along with Ger Kelly and Tom O’Brien
St Nicholas Abbey will remain in intensive care for some time and has many bridges to cross before he is considered out of danger.
This morning he is well and comfortable and back enjoying his hay!
We are lucky he is so fit and has a marvellous attitude and temperament which will be vital for his long recovery
What marvellous news, thank you Kenh.
All signs looking good, but a way to go yet. Lucky that he was at his peak of fitness which probably helped him through the operation.
All good wishes to see him return to full health and enjoy a promising career as a Stallion.
Jac
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...St Nicholas Abbey to Remain in Intensive Care
By Blood-Horse Staff
Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:50 PM
Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ … z2a8gRIs5o
Reports show that St. Nicholas Abbey suffered a major setback during the night, suffering from severe colic. He has undergone emergency colic surgery this morning at Fethard Equine Hospital and the prognosis is ‘very guarded’ at the moment.
Hope he recovers, my favourite racehorse.
Here’s RP’s report:
He’s really going through it and has the biggest fight of his life on his hands tonight. All thoughts are with him, I hope he pulls through this.Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...News from today:
"St Nicholas Abbey has made positive progress and is in good form today following yesterday’s colic surgery. . . The colic was caused by caecal shutdown (equivalent to the human appendix), which is an extremely painful condition. . . .His treatment means he cannot have food for a prolonged period – this is difficult for a horse like St Nicholas Abbey who loves his food! . . .He will get parentral nutrition instead (intravenous nutrition) to fulfill his daily requirements. . . .Dr Nathan Slovis a medicine specialist from the Hagyard Institute in Kentucky arrived today to oversee his ongoing recovery and treatments. . . .All surgeons are pleased with the progress he is making with his pastern reconstruction and he is taking weight on the leg well."
Hopefully he continues to improve. Now the big threat is laminitis, if he can avoid that I think he’ll have a full recovery.
Great positive news Miss Woodford, just proves what a fighter he is
Hopefully he steers away from all other consequences of his illness and makes a full recovery and is able to go and stand at Stud.Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...If you missed it here is a very interesting piece on St Nicholas Abbey’s operation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owQSSg3t … e=youtu.be
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Hope this doesn’t put his recovery back. Very worrying.
One does wonder are they putting the best interests of the horse first or are are they more interested in protecting their financial investment and potential stud fees?
Worrying times for St. Nicholas Abbey.
I don’t think it’s all about the Stud fees in his case as Derrick Smith cares deeply about all his horses and would want to do everything possible to save him.
He’s tough and hopefully will get through this new complication but deep down it’s all in the lap of the Gods now and I wish him well.
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Perhaps the motives for trying to save the horse’s life are a matter of degree. Anyone who breeds, trains or races a horse is not, to some degree, putting the best interests of the horse first. We, who enjoy or benefit from horse racing, do the same. There is no doubt that we humans make horses do things that are not natural, so that we have a financial or emotional benefit. It is in the nature of humans, as the predominant species, to do that sort of thing in all walks of life. I have only seen the video of St. Nicholas Abbey published a few days after his colic operation, but at that stage he seemed to be in no distress at all. I hope that is still the case. I assume that the owners and vets are seeking to save the horse for their own benefit and for the horse’s own benefit, but I have no way of knowing which is uppermost in their mind, if either. I hope the horse has an outcome similar to Mill Reef’s rather than Barbaro’s. Even if the horse cannot perform stud duties, but can wander about a field happily in the company of other horses, that will still be a good outcome, even if that arises from other motives.
The pin that broke was not one of those holding together the factured bone, but was there only to keep his weight off the pastern, by transferring it from the cannon bone through the cast and thence to the ground. That way he could bear his weight equally on all four quarters. It was always there only as a temporary measure. If they thought he still needed it, perhaps they would have replaced it with a stronger pin. Reading between the lines of the statement, they seem to be hoping that the pastern bone, supported by the plates and screws, is now strong enough to bear a quarter of his weight. I hope that their optimism is still in place a week from now, and beyond.
He’s really going through it and has the biggest fight of his life on his hands tonight. All thoughts are with him, I hope he pulls through this.
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