Going to the JCGC next Saturday?

He shipped to Monmouth this morning. When he got to his stall, they took off the traveling bandages; Pat noticed a little filling on his leg near a cut. The cut was from two days ago. He walked fine but we decided to be very cautious and scratch him. He got back to Belmont at about 1PM and the vet said he thought it may be a small infection from the cut. He was treated with topical medicine and will be checked again in the morning.

How's he doing today?

Hope he's happy and feeling good. :)

Reported in DRF this evening (9/22)

Evening Attire suffers a setback

Evening Attire was forced to scratch from Sunday's Point Given Stakes at Monmouth Park due to filling in a leg, trainer Pat Kelly said. The filling was detected after the horse arrived at Monmouth Park on Sunday morning.

Kelly said it would take a few days before he knew for sure how serious a problem the 10-year-old gelding may or may not have.

"We scratched to be cautious," Kelly said Monday morning at his Belmont Park barn. "We're checking it out. We won't know anything for another 48 or 72 hours. He's not running anytime soon. He's here, we're dealing with it."

Evening Attire was coming off an 8 1/4-length victory in the Greenwood Cup at Philadelphia Park on July 19 and seemed to have found new life going 1 1/2 miles. Overall, he has won 15 of 69 starts and earned $2,977,130 for owners Joseph and Mary Grant and T.J. Kelly.

Please tell me that its not true that this grand old warrior has been retired. If true how will his loss be filled. Certainly not by any of the greedy owners who are always thinking of $$$ when they have a top notch horse like this magnificient horse. Owners are always thinking about themselves and not of all of us fans. I am still suprised that Curlin is still running, although I am sure that if he shows up at Santa Anita he will be retired. It would be nice to see if he could become that all time leading money winner of all time, correct me if I am wrong but hasn't Big Brown's owner already said that the Breeders' Cup Classic will be his last start.

Excerpt, TT...

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...e-1-races.aspx


Aqueduct’s 82-day winter/spring meet opens on New Year’s Day and runs through April 26. The $65,000 Aqueduct Handicap has been renamed the Evening Attire in honor of the 2002 winner of the race and will be run on January 3. :tro: :) :cool:

Excellent..Congrats to Norfolk and the other connections...well deserved

well earned, congrats to all involved.

I know the actual birthdays of a total of two horses...

EA is one of them.

Happy birthday, good boy. :)

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4gg36/e...ttire/id9.html

yea, and i know your birthday;)

... cause I share it with such a great guy (and a sexy one too)? :p