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Post by animaldoc on Oct 8, 2007 8:53:03 GMT -5
Did you guys hear about this? 3 injured horses in one weekend- how terrible. One breakdown (Gold Train-euthanized), one seasmoid fracture (Teuflesberg, 17th in the Derby- taken to Rood and Riddle), and the worst was a horse that flipped while being saddled and was euthanized due to head trauma (Dream of Angels). What a bummer.  |
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Post by johnnysauntie on Oct 8, 2007 19:56:14 GMT -5
yeah, I was watching. Apparently, the synthetic track gets tacky in hot weather - something about the wax in it softening. The two that were injured had very similar injuries from what it sounded like - sesamoid fractures, but the skin wasn't broken.
The colt who flipped in the saddling enclosure - that was just awful. Total freak accident.
It was a rough day.
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Post by jenarby on Oct 8, 2007 20:19:58 GMT -5
I watched the races too. I still can't believe they followed Teuflesberg with the camera so closely after he broke down. Normally they don't show that. Gave me horrible flashbacks from Kriss this past year. Plus, he got away form the jockey after the jock jumped off. So he had to be caught by the outrider. It was awful. I still can't believe his injury was not as severe as the one Gold Train suffered. It was a terrible day for racing, that's for sure.
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Post by animaldoc on Oct 9, 2007 9:46:43 GMT -5
So since I wasn't watching....did Teuflesberg have a breakdown (where the entire suspensory apparatus goes too) or just a sesamoid fracture?
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Post by animaldoc on Oct 9, 2007 9:54:31 GMT -5
Well, I'm hearing that Bramlage didn't do the surgery yesterday as planned since Teuflesberg's WBC count was too low......hopefully they can do it today.
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Post by johnnysauntie on Oct 9, 2007 9:57:02 GMT -5
I just heard that he broke both sesamoids. though it seems likely that he had a full breakdown, since he got loose and ran away on it - that just compounded the horror.
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Post by animaldoc on Oct 9, 2007 15:02:36 GMT -5
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Post by janebo on Oct 9, 2007 15:07:34 GMT -5
Saturday was a terrible day, and I had to turn off the TV. Too upsetting
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Post by johnnysauntie on Oct 11, 2007 22:43:56 GMT -5
some good news, finally
Teuflesberg Surgery Successful; Prognosis Good
Grade II winner Teuflesberg, who fractured both sesamoid bones in his left front leg in the Oct. 6 Phoenix Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland, underwent a successful surgery Oct. 11 at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington and is on the way to what co-owner Donnie Kelly hopes will be a full recovery.
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Post by Lis on Oct 12, 2007 19:27:41 GMT -5
I'm wondering how much of it has to do with the fact that they have synthetic track footing there. I believe it's synthetic..it's not dirt.
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Post by niaru on Oct 16, 2007 9:02:29 GMT -5
Synthetic track? I didn't even know there was such a thing!
Poor horses. Glad I wasn't watching. I hate to see horse wrecks. I can take riders wrecks any day but show me a horse wreck and I fall apart.
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