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with the right treatment and care the horse can have a excellent return, he is only 5, so has time on his side….where the other 2 are older horses and there injuries was a bit more than a strain..<br>It will be interesting to see what the outcome of this is…
I am in the gloomy jeremiah camp. I agree the horse is young and has time on his side but one wonders why a horse so young has these problems in the first place. It is not as though he has had years of strain and work. One fears he has a fundamental weakness which will resolve in time so he can lead a normal life but perhaps not that of a top class racehorse.
My last 3 hurdlers have had tendon injuries and despite extended rest and in the last case stem cell therapy they have come back into work – tendon fine but then suspensory problems. They are now enjoying life as pampered hacks but no way can they recapture former ability on the racetrack.
Lets hope we jeremiahs are completely and utterly wrong.
Did the owner’s racing manager come straight out and inform the exchanges of the injury in the same way Kicking king’s owner did?
is it just coincedence that kicking king and star de mohaison both got injured at sandown?
Considering how many horses have run at the track in between and haven’t returned with tendon injuries, almost certainly yes.
<br>runandskip,
Like I said on the Kicking King thread, the ground IMO wasn’t safe for the King George last year but it’s not an issue with Star De Mohaison as it was very soft when he beat The Listener.
I’m also in the pessimistic camp when it comes to Star De Mohaison first of all returning to the track and then retaining his ability.
Yes, he’s obviously got age on his side but like John Francome said recently, he was once told that as soon as your horse gets a tendon injury, you get rid of it as it ain’t coming back…..
It may well have happened on plenty of occasions over the years but can anyone name any examples of top-class horses who suffered tendon injuries, but then returned to win big races?
Connections must be wishing that they’d run S De M in the Hennessy now and I was just thinking the other day how lucky I was to still have all of my 10-to-follow horses fit & well but this throws that out of the window now:biggrin:
I don’t think he was necessarily injured at Sandown – as far as I can see, the injury didn’t manifest itself until this Monday-ish, so may be a training injury. Might be wrong, though ..
No point in dreaming, he’ll never be as good as good as he could have been. My biggest ever antepost wager, will always have a soft spot for him,,,,
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