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Plus the nearest mri (unless I'm mistaken) is almost 3 hours away...adding to the hard sell on a clinically "normal" animal. But its not like Winstar is a cheapass organization...if warranted they would probably pay for a scan. So one has to assume the horse acted right.

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Originally Posted by Riot (Post 683892)

Trouble is that few owners would pay for the CT or MRI of the skull to see if anything is there ($2K). Then, if you see something in the imaging, but there are no neuro signs, and the horse is acting normally, it will be hard to convince the owner/trainer to give the horse a few months off in paddock

Need to wait for the necropsy results. Could be something completely unassociated (aneurysm, etc)

DRF|Stevens vows to quit riding after latest injury

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“That’s it for me,” he promised. “No mas. It’s been a long time since I hurt like this, and it reminds me why I don’t do it for a living anymore. I’ve been working horses on and off since the spring. It’s how I like to get fit, and for entertainment purposes, too. But all that’s going to discontinue.

“So I’m burning all my jockey stuff,” Stevens said. “The helmets, the flack jackets, everything – then put the ashes in urns, and maybe sell them on eBay.”