When they grab a quarter, that can take some time to heal too. We had a filly that grabbed a quarter a couple of years ago and she needed a few weeks off. And when you miss a few weeks of training that means you're not going to be able to run for a couple of months. We had actually been invited to run in the $750,000 Grade I American Oaks and we had to skip the race because of the grabbed quarter. I don't think the filly's feet were ever really the same after that. She always seemed to have little problmes with her feet after that. It was a shame because she had never had foot problems before she stumbled and grabbed the quarter.

I believe Gary Lockett will feel much worse than BB in the morning:zz:

Yes you could

I'm feeling a yearling name coming on

Thanks for the info Rupert, now I am left guessing who that horse was? BTW I don't know if you feel comfortable talking about this on a public forum but why did Stronach separate himself from Hoffmans after they had a pretty good year. A Plate, A Lexington and a Belmont is not too shabby.

NoSandalsAllowed

Mens feet ewww

Sandalfetish

Love it! :D Way to go Scav!!

I don't know anything about the Hofmans/Stronach split.

I never liked the guys that stood behind me in a fight....because I absorbed all of the punches.... 8-)

badfeetnosandal

flipoffflipflop (good luck Trevor)

cameltoenotscavtoe

Why do you think I want to be that guy, and not the boxer? NO THANK YOU!!

That last one is CLASSIC and I bet that they wouldn't catch it either....

we won't be finding out :cool:

the 2008 Belmont was Liston vs. Ali.



With no Ali.


no Liston.

no sports illustrated.

No "phantom punch". All we got were some club fighters, and the mob.

It was Liston & Ali muzak.

It could become a cult classic like 'Thong or Panties"

Damn horse won again today

That's a shame. Seems like a pattern with Frank.

grabbing a quarter is when a horse basically trips himself up, usually one of his back feet hitting one of his front, and possibly taking off a piece of hoof, or the shoe, in the process.
war admiraly famously grabbed a quarter in the belmont, came back to the winners circle with blood all over his underside. the injury was serious enough that they almost retired him. luckily (or else seasbiscuit might not be quite so famous) he was able to return to racing.
a quarter crack is a flaw in the hoof wall, which of course everyone probably saw on big brown-it's like a hangnail in a human, only in this case, a horse is putting about two hundred and fifty pounds on the hoof. it can get pretty serious-and a horse can lose time letting one grow out. a horses hoof is actually made of the same tissue as a fingernail-he basically stands on an evolved toe nail--horses used to have toes, now they stand on tiptoe on the one toe they have left.

ouch:)
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/colum...sportCat=horse

Yeah thats a good write up. They got what they had coming

It was a great day to watch racing, and Big Brown was a nice story in at least a few ways.

Affirmed, Seattle Slew, Secretariat, Citation and the other Triple Crown Winners before them, would agree.