Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

I have a story to tell. One of my friends purchased a 75,000 dollar horse from a Florida sale. He was a strapping chestnut colt, a Graded Stakes caliber colt. When this colt first raced, there was some buzz about him because he broke his maiden first time out as a three year old by four lengths under a strangle hold. The jock never asked him to run, and was actually holding him back down the stretch. In his next start, he's not moving as pretty and gets beat, but finishes second. He came back with puffy ankles, and has never been the same since. The trainer is very careful with the colt, but is constantly battling the horse's puffy ankles. Yet, the colt still wins races in quite the company because of the careful management. Sometimes, in a race, he even looks back to his old self, but the front bandages tell the story. However, a lot of races, he hasn't moved as pretty as he once did. It is amazing what a little bit of rest, ice, front bandages, and joint injections will do.... However, this cycle never continues because eventually the damage becomes too severe to continue. The horse either gets turned out and, with time, gets better, or is done racing.... The most careful and talented trainers can usually get at least a couple of good races out of the horse under these conditions or can keep the horse going for awhile if the horse has plenty of time in between starts.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Once again, I think you are confusing real life with an episode of Mr. Ed.

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

You're kidding right? Because if you aren't about the content of my post, if you don't think that happens all the time in horse racing, then I am seriously laughing right now!

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I hang on your every word.

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

KyRim,

I see your new Siggy, I have two questions, why will "all know" when Rail Trip makes his debut? And, since he's a 3yo without a published workout this year, what has been the problem with getting him to the races?

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

I don't know what is going on with him...

He is just some colt that I randomly picked out...

Based on his last workout, he doesn't look like much...

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It seems kind of odd to me that you put - "When Rail Trip debuts all will know" as your sig .... but than an hour later you change your sig and say "he doesn't look like much."

I take that as sort of conflicting signals.

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

I have a story to tell. . . . .

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Puffy Ankles sounds like a name for a fat rapper.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

They are racing him there because of the purse....and I don't think anybody would blame them for that.

Originally Posted by Linny

Isn't that why all of them race?

Anyhoo, wouldn't you rather have "greedy owners" racng for big purses than "greedy owners" selling the to "spendthrift breeders" who will whisk them off the track forever?

What has not been noted is that Curlin may meet a tougher bunch of horses in his prep in Dubai that he would here. Honesty, which 4 allowance horses would be sacrified to Curlin could get legged up? A race for horses classified at 100+ is far more cometitive than beating up on Fair Grounds optional claimers this weekend.

Originally Posted by pmayjr

Guys,

You're forgetting another contendor in Dubai... if he takes to stretching out-
Asiatic Boy. I'm debating how much he's run against over there, but in the last year he's pretty much won everything with relative ease on the dirt. Here's an article on him, and be sure to read the last paragraph
http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=43342

Originally Posted by brockguy

I love Asiatic Boy to bits but he still has to improve alot to contend with Curlin and others.. he has the potential, but the only times hes ever faced G1 horses, he hasnt done the business (albeit on turf!)