Horse Racing Forum - USA Thoroughbred Races

Curtis wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 7:49 pm I get “yelled at”, I just don’t care.

Since he’s on stall refinement anyway, being in a familiar place is preferable. Especially if a nice blonde lady is going to spontaneously come feed you treats. When my sciatica acts up, my wife brings me treats. Works like a charm. I just can’t figure out why she insists I stay in a stall.

Fair enough... and fair enough!

brunanas wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 8:08 pm

Curtis wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 7:49 pm When my sciatica acts up, my wife brings me treats. Works like a charm. I just can’t figure out why she insists I stay in a stall.

i hope she at least changes your bedding!

I suffer from hay fever. She did switch to shavings.

Rooting for Dr. Venkman in the (sad) G2 Triple Bend.

Also Happy Jack.

Starine wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 8:10 pm Great news regarding Mr. Fisk and his surgery. I'm pleased they aren't rushing him off to the shed for now.

Bob likes to keep his big horses close. Although I hope I am wrong, I doubt he will return to racing. I think they are just keeping the door open a crack to see how he heals. As a stakes winning son of Arrogate I would foresee a retirement announcement in the Fall in time to get ready for the breeding season. I can’t think of a single stakes winner with a condylar fracture and reparative surgery that returned to racing recently. Maybe there are some?

Squeaky wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 12:12 pm

Starine wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 8:10 pm Great news regarding Mr. Fisk and his surgery. I'm pleased they aren't rushing him off to the shed for now.

Bob likes to keep his big horses close. Although I hope I am wrong, I doubt he will return to racing. I think they are just keeping the door open a crack to see how he heals. As a stakes winning son of Arrogate I would foresee a retirement announcement in the Fall in time to get ready for the breeding season. I can’t think of a single stakes winner with a condylar fracture and reparative surgery that returned to racing recently. Maybe there are some?

I just can't imagine returning him to racing and forcing all of us to hold our breath for a minute thirty six seconds.

stark wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 12:40 pm

Squeaky wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 12:12 pm

Starine wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 8:10 pm Great news regarding Mr. Fisk and his surgery. I'm pleased they aren't rushing him off to the shed for now.

Bob likes to keep his big horses close. Although I hope I am wrong, I doubt he will return to racing. I think they are just keeping the door open a crack to see how he heals. As a stakes winning son of Arrogate I would foresee a retirement announcement in the Fall in time to get ready for the breeding season. I can’t think of a single stakes winner with a condylar fracture and reparative surgery that returned to racing recently. Maybe there are some?

I just can't imagine returning him to racing and forcing all of us to hold our breath for a minute thirty six seconds.

Isn’t this the same injury that Mastery suffered? They waited a bit before announcing he was done and I think it was already announced he was going to Claiborne. At any rate, Bob would certainly have to train him differently, at least for awhile. I agree though, SW Arrogates are going to become fewer and far between and eventually all in the shed if intact.

Extra Anejo returned for his first start since the Haskell last year in an easy win at CD. Hasn't been very sound thus far in his career but hopefully he is over his issues. He is definitely talented.

https://x.com/FanDuel_Racing/status/1796331724689002525

Extra Anejo, blast from the past! Isn't there science that a broken bone heals stronger? (Yes, Mastery had the same injury, I happened to be there,/9 Not sure I want to test the theory with my two surgically repaired wrists. For the second one the surgeon said we can try to just cast it in an over the elbow cast for 6 weeks, but the chip might come loose. . .or we do surgery and you have a short cast for 3 weeks. As it happened I woke up with not a short cast, but a splint--soft wrap, fingers free, piece of cake. But I try to tell myself, if you start to fall, DON'T PUT YOUR HAND OUT!

Squeaky wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 12:12 pm

Starine wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 8:10 pm Great news regarding Mr. Fisk and his surgery. I'm pleased they aren't rushing him off to the shed for now.

Bob likes to keep his big horses close. Although I hope I am wrong, I doubt he will return to racing. I think they are just keeping the door open a crack to see how he heals. As a stakes winning son of Arrogate I would foresee a retirement announcement in the Fall in time to get ready for the breeding season. I can’t think of a single stakes winner with a condylar fracture and reparative surgery that returned to racing recently. Maybe there are some?

I think there probably are. The thing is, almost everyone keeps everything so quiet. Horses just disappear for alongtime before resurfacing from "issues" or a "minor injury". We don't know what was wrong with them or if they had surgery or anything really.

Curtis wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 1:57 pm

stark wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 12:40 pm

Squeaky wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 12:12 pm

Bob likes to keep his big horses close. Although I hope I am wrong, I doubt he will return to racing. I think they are just keeping the door open a crack to see how he heals. As a stakes winning son of Arrogate I would foresee a retirement announcement in the Fall in time to get ready for the breeding season. I can’t think of a single stakes winner with a condylar fracture and reparative surgery that returned to racing recently. Maybe there are some?

I just can't imagine returning him to racing and forcing all of us to hold our breath for a minute thirty six seconds.

Isn’t this the same injury that Mastery suffered? They waited a bit before announcing he was done and I think it was already announced he was going to Claiborne. At any rate, Bob would certainly have to train him differently, at least for awhile. I agree though, SW Arrogates are going to become fewer and far between and eventually all in the shed if intact.

I have trouble remembering names at my advance age.
But if you told me he was 7 horse, I could tell you if I had the exacta.

Skelly's tendency to break slowly proves his undoing in the Aristides... run down late by Closethegame Sugar after setting a 5/8ths fraction of :55.91. Can't remember ever seeing a sub-56 5f on dirt.

EDIT: Mitole did it once, and I'm sure it's happened other times. Just wild fractions to set after having to rush up off a poor break.

Tapit Trice is out of the 10th race: I was looking forward to seeing him race.

White Abarrio goes back to trainer Joseph; will point to John Nerud Stakes
https://www.drf.com/news/white-abarrio- ... rud-stakes

barbaro111 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 4:48 pm Tapit Trice is out of the 10th race: I was looking forward to seeing him race.

Seems like him and Charge It just constantly scratch

brunanas wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 5:59 pm White Abarrio goes back to trainer Joseph; will point to John Nerud Stakes
https://www.drf.com/news/white-abarrio- ... rud-stakes

That’ll fix him.

Curtis wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 7:34 pm

brunanas wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 5:59 pm White Abarrio goes back to trainer Joseph; will point to John Nerud Stakes
https://www.drf.com/news/white-abarrio- ... rud-stakes

That’ll fix him.

brunanas wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 5:59 pm White Abarrio goes back to trainer Joseph; will point to John Nerud Stakes
https://www.drf.com/news/white-abarrio- ... rud-stakes

That poor horse. They need to pick a trainer and stick with them. They also need to accept that he isn't a grade 1 horse at this point in his career. He was last November but he isn't now for whatever reason. And I love the horse

Arabian Knight Returns to Work Tab at Santa Anita
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... anta-anita

Starine wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2024 7:15 pm Arabian Knight Returns to Work Tab at Santa Anita
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... anta-anita

Article title is really strange. He has been posting works since April.

i was going to say meant at Santa Anita specifically because i thought he had been working at Los Alamitos but he's actually been at SA since returning? so idk what they mean at all...