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Interesting. I wonder who is paying for the vet bill.

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Originally Posted by helicopter11 (Post 889216)

Interesting. I wonder who is paying for the vet bill.

probably bodemeister.

Sunday night update around 7:00pm Keep improving, Paynter! :tro:

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@JustinZayat Paynter continues to improve gradually today he is having a great day in fact he had an excellent weekend.

He is stable his temperature has been totally normal for the last 36 hours. He is eating well. He likes his new grain

All in all a very positive and upbeat report from his angel Dr. Laura. Paynter has served us notice, I WILL BEAT THIS.

He is brave and courageous and total class. He is a super horse, He is the toughest horse in America. #steelhorse

I think we have won the battle with his colitis but we are still fighting the war.

Wow! Excellent News!

Just ... wow. :tro: :)

Monday afternoon:

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@jazz3162 Just got news that Paynter went outside to graze for his first time. Loved it

Update Monday morning:

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@JustinZayat Paynter Update: We continue to be blessed by a special horse, he continues to defy the odds.

We have a happy horse today, no fever, all blood work is good. He is comfortable stable and eating well.

His protein level is good all in all looks like painter continues to turn the corner and winning his battle with his colitis.

On his fight with his fight with his laminitis, Let me explain more in detail…

Paynter has 3 of his legs with casts to support his feet. He has no had any rotation at any point since the start of his illness in any of his feet.

None of them have shown any sinking ever since the beginning of his diagnosis.

It is fair to say that we caught a very mild laminitis in the first stages. We have taken today for the first time new sets of x rays on his 3 feet since he has been in the casts since last Sunday.

Dr. Laura was extremely happy to see that there was no radiological changes from last week in fact there has been much improvement from the way his feet looked before being in the cast.

So she feels very hopeful and encouraged that if we continue to have comfortable feet and we feel blessed that this courageous Paynter, not only beaten colitis but he has a very good chance of beating laminitis.

Miracles can happen; I am very heartened and encouraged that not only Paynter will survive as a stallion but in 10 days when his casts are off.

We can be in for a surprise that we have a chance of seeing him back as a racehorse in 2013.

Please god answer our prayers. I feel today like dancing and crying but this time out of happiness. #warrior #champ #special

I really hope he survives all this....and to ever come back and race, that would be a HUGE bonus.

It's a bit ironic that Bodemeister was never at death's door and they retired him rather than wait for him to return as a 4 year old.

Paynter was at death's door, yet he seems enthusiastic about bringing him back...

I'm glad Paynter is improving though.

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie (Post 889144)

Had Silver Charm seen Touch Gold, Touch Gold would have won the race, the same as he did.

Had Touch Gold had a proper trip in the Preakness, Touch Gold would have won two thirds of the triple crown.

No he wouldn't have. Silver Charm at the end of the Belmont was a horse that thought he'd done what he had to do and nobody else was coming.

Regarding Zayat and the Travers push, it baffled me that a horse with his issues before that race would've been flown back anywhere. Horses like being home, I get it, and Baffert wants to see him regularly with his own eyes, but I'm not a fan of treating them like transcontinental yo-yos even though I see it work. Just feels like unnecessary stress to frequently ship East, run, then ship right back, but maybe I'm just projecting my own thoughts of jet lag (Probably am, it's not like Baffert isn't successful doing it). After illness #1, I assumed they'd wait for a later race as the Travers was an obvious no-go. Then they try to make it. That was a bizarre call. Steve's right. I don't pat Zayat on the back when I think about how Paynter's doing. I mentally give Paynter a pat on the neck for being alive.

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky (Post 889423)

No he wouldn't have. Silver Charm at the end of the Belmont was a horse that thought he'd done what he had to do and nobody else was coming.

Yeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.

You should watch again. TG blew by him like SC was standing still.

No rotation in the feet is great news regarding the laminitis.

And Touch Gold was best at the Belmont. And he was best in the Preakness. That doesnt mean Silver Charm was not a great horse... that was a great crop of horses. Even the Captain had some good closing speed.

No telling how great Silver Charm really was because of how he always waited on horses. If he didn't do that Touch Gold would have never even got close to him. Mc Carron knew that and went 10 wide for a reason.

Apparently he's got a mild fever again. Zayat tweeted that he's eating well and comfortable, but I doubt he's excited about any change in temp. At least the diarrhea isn't back.

No further updates this evening, except wishing everyone happy and healthy New Year.

In the picture MMSC posted, you can see the hematomas (clots) in the jugular from the catheter, hopefully the mild fever is just "residual stuff" resolving and healing.

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky (Post 890324)

Apparently he's got a mild fever again. Zayat tweeted that he's eating well and comfortable, but I doubt he's excited about any change in temp. At least the diarrhea isn't back.

anything new?

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Originally Posted by Danzig (Post 890677)

anything new?

Doesn't look like there's anything to report. Zayat and his son Justin haven't tweeted today. I did a quick search, but I didn't see anything from anybody else.

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky (Post 890682)

Doesn't look like there's anything to report. Zayat and his son Justin haven't tweeted today. I did a quick search, but I didn't see anything from anybody else.

ok, thanks. i'd looked a bit and didn't see a thing either. oh well, they say no news is good news.

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Originally Posted by Danzig (Post 890687)

ok, thanks. i'd looked a bit and didn't see a thing either. oh well, they say no news is good news.

I would imagine it's quiet because of the holiday... it doesn't seem like they update on Saturdays (either) so that's probably it. :)

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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 890866)

http://twitter.com/JustinZayat

From the tweet:

<<paynter up @JustinZayat good night last nigth no fever all blood work good ,very comfortablehe is out now glazing good response for new med>>

I know it's just a typo, but I now have a mental image of Paynter sitting in a pottery class, putting the finishing touches on a project.