Mending Fences
 

:(

Mending Fences
 

damn:(


I do hope Castro is okay.

that was nasty...

That was ugly. . . He had a chance to win too but that doesn't matter now. . . This will NOT be good for the sport after what happened at PIM last year. . .

Not good lookin at all! Suprised no others went down tho

Looks like he got stepped on too



Castro looked banged up bad, but walked off so??

That was horrible. I was very surprised that ESPN showed the spill again.

Very nasty. The vet just reported that a bone broke and the ankle dislocated. The bone broke through the skin.

Mending Fences, radiographs?
 

Wow that was nauseating. Glad the Robby and Eddie are ok. They didn't euthanize immediately, they're Mending Fences back for radiographs but it's a compound fracture, right front, dislocated ankle which is why he went down. Obviously infection's a problem since it broke the skin but dislocated ankles are pretty dangerous to blood flow right? Even if there'd been no fracture beyond that? I was just wondering when they make the decision to euthanize right on the track. Did he get up after?

messed up...

Sounds pretty bad.
And they did not put him down immediately...
These decisions are tough.

It looks as if he got his neck step on also. Horrilble

That is so sad. Must have taken a bad step? I had Einstien singled in my pick 3 and 4 but I just cannot feel bad about losing a couple bucks after seeing that. Poor Mending Fences, more bad publicity for this sport of kings.

yeah, robby just bailed. He should never be a steeplechase jockey. Einstein never had a chance though once Mending Fences went down. He had to jump the fallen horse and there is no way IMO that he would have got back into the race.

Apparently, Castro rolled under the rail before the other horses got to him. Good thing, too. Cosmonaut nearly stopped dead, Einstein unshifts Alborado. The Storm Cat curse strikes again.

yeah, I guess he should have jumped over the fallen horse, held on, and made a big run for the wire. makes a lot of sense.

Just said they euthanized him


I think they showed it because no one actually saw it the first time

R.i.p.

dammit....:(

RIP

Yeah, I had Cosmonaut in my Pick 4 (singled Chelokee, of course); he checked severely and still ran second by barely a length. Moral victory, worth nothing at the window.

Not the worst breakdown I've ever seen - that's tied between the San Luis Obispo on President's Day, 1973, when Tuqui and Autobiography both broke down, independently, and the 1982 Marlboro Cup, when Timely Writer went down and took out half the field.

the 3 did

your comment imo is total BS.
sorry that's how i feel.

the nine bucked him OFF!!
the rider on the three was lucky to stay on.

you lost. so did I.
get over it. life goes on

no one stiffed anyone!

worst i've seen are during those steeplechase races at the Spa. First race of the season a couple years ago, I dont remember exactly but I think 9 started and 2 or 3 finished. Amazingly I think all (or almost all) of the horses were ok, but they were all just laying there.

RIP Mending Fences. :(

God, this is horrible.

I was stunned NBC showed it!!! That's the last thing I'd think they'd want to show on the one year anniversary.

I hit the Pick 4, but I didn't realize until they showed the results that I was still alive. Seeing these rare tragedies really puts a pit in my stomach and I lose track of all else occurring. It's fortunate it didn't hurt anyone else with him falling in front of the field. It initially looked as though a chain reaction disaster would take place, but only Albarado had to bail.

Lastly, those jocks continue to amaze with their physical and mental toughness.

i feel the sadness...somehow as great as the Preakness was, we've failed...