He didn't come out and say he was afraid there would be an announcement of an injury TODAY


Durrrrrrrrrrr. Duh durrrrrrrrrrrr

How dare I point that out! Glad you took it upon yourself to correct me with a rude insult, while reiterating the concept yourself (which is okay, right Darwin? ;)

That track was rock hard and though it looked like it was harrowed, it was only open about 1.5 inches, according to someone who walked on it.
Others will come out of Saturday's card injured, but if they are less than stakes status we probably won't know about it.

sad news. i loved the heart he showed saturday. he won me to his corner. hope he comes back better than ever.

a shame, but not a surprise.

meanwhile, quality road is back to work, and music note is heading for her first start since the bc...

http://www.drf.com/news/article/104483.html

Thank you for pointing this out . Belmont has a history of a surface that is too hard . Will they ever learn ?
The 4x5 Raise A Native is never a cross for soundness . That and the hard surface was a recipe for disaster . Hope the other runners on the card are ok .

Edit: Pedigreequery informs that his dam, millionairess Secret Status, has produced 5 foals that have started a total of 13 times . Including the unraced 2004 son of Storm Cat, Objectivity, that sold for $6.3 mil.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I think that statement is way too broad.I could probably look in the form tomorrow and find 10 horses on any given card who are bred 3-5x3-5 to Raise A Native. I could never prove how sound any of them are but my point is that breeding is so common I'm sure there have to be some who are sound.It is no different than judging a horses distance ability based only on breeding and ignoring his on track performance.

Too bad about Dunkirk.I know it's easy to say these things happen but it does.At least it didn't occur on the track in front of everyone watching.

People have been saying this all day but I haven't found a link yet. I just looked on TTimes, Equibase, Bloodhorse, DRF and even ESPN and see no story on any of them. Anyone?

They couldn't get anything close to $25k. As you said, he has no stakes wins. They would be lucky to get $10k.

Which horse is the most durable Unbridled's Song offspring? Are there any that have lasted a long time?

Octave, now that I think of it. She didn't race for a long time, but I don't remember her getting any major injuries

I just read he's aiming for a rematch with the 'birds' in the Travers.

You realize they run races outdoors, right?. There was nearly 2 inches of rain that fell in the prior 30 hours to Friday midnight. The crew had already been working for 12 hours when the races started at 11:30 Saturday. They did an unbelievable job getting that track into good and then fast shape. Please try to not let your ridiculous surface agenda spew spill out here. There may be people who actually think there's some credibility to it.

The report comes from a reliable source. I'd be very surprised if it isn't accurate.

I heard a report that the weather in NY City was "wild out" at around 2:30 ish in the morning last night.

Can anyone confirm?

Cant afford your medication this month?

That's a good question and what I found out using the pedigreequery site is that his offspring are no less durable than AP Indy.

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.p...l%20Horses&cf=

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.p...l%20Horses&cf=

The links above are sorted by record.Most of the horses near the top are geldings.When sorted by earnings there is very little overall difference bretween the two sires as far as durability.

I believe there are blanket assumptions made about certain sires when the progeny that standout are injured.Especially the sires who had highly publicized injuries themselves.

Well the links I copied and pasted didn't take. To view choose "progeny" under the reports column.

Tuesday 6/9 Update (8:25am):

Reports confirm that Dunkirk has a non-displaced condylar fracture in his left hind. Surgery today...