SWLY Under Weather; No MTH...
 

Keeping this thread active rather than starting a new one...

Chuck has updated the ChuckBlog, and as speculated, Sumwon appears to be under the weather after a mediocre 1:03.0 work yesterday and acting lethargic today...

Here are Chuck's comments from the Blog:

As Steve said yesterday I wasn't thrilled with yesterdays work. Even though I was not looking for a big work time wise, the filly never really picked up the bit much and did not show the same spark that she had. She cooled out fine and ate up her lunch. But she left a little feed this morning and I believe that she may be a little under the weather. Her temperature has been okay but she was a little more lethargic than usual in her stall and walked around like a zombie which is not her. It has been very hot here and the heat may be bothering her a bit or she may be fighting off some kind of sickness. We will take blood work on her in the morning and see if that sheds any light on the situation. Sorry it took so long to post but I wanted to assess the situation as much as I could before speculating about possible issues. I will keep everyone updated as the info becomes available.

No Monmouth... An ALW at Churchill July 1 (I believe) becomes a target... More as it happens...

If she runs, do we know what race that will be on the card? Trying to see if I can fly in but need to get back that evening and checking flights.

Can anyone help em here?

Thanks,

Spyder

The online condition book says it's the 7th race

Thanks Thunder

Sat 6/16/07 workout
 

Sumwonlovesyou

Date: June 16, 2007
Track: CHURCHILL DOWNS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.03:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 26/33

Workout feedback...
 

Just off the phone with Chuck who will add his thoughts later, but he was not especially thrilled with how Sumwon went this morning...

It wasn't a question of the 1:03.0 (he was looking for 1:01.0+) as much as her not finishing with her usual interest and flourish... There was an incident on the track this morning that delayed her move and kept her standing around for 20 minutes which could be a contributing factor... Came out of the work fine... Chuck will likely take a day or two to see if she's coming down with something before addressing the race scenario.

More later...

I hope she's ok, and if you do go to MTH, Castro rides. . .

Humble Janet (the 3rd place horse in Sumwon's previous race AX1) just won @ 3-2 for Asmuessen. Churchill Downs 2nd race 50K ANX1...... could come out to be a key race....

-bt-

Considering her last two- huge figure top and then pair, she projects to regress now. The Monmouth race is likely an ambitious spot anyway on her best day..:confused:

look who's taking an interest, i believe it's the trainers job to spot her races, not yours. Lord knows where you would have her racing, MNR for 5K claimers just so you can see her race more than twice a week:(

-bt-

Was looking forward to good news. This doesn't sound good at all :(
To me it sounded like she may have excuses for the work - hope she isn't getting sick. The heat and humidity may start being a factor. Ofcourse all the women I know lay on rocks at high noon to try and get warm. If it's the heat, I don't know if you can get far enough north this time a year to help with that.

I'm disappointed but that's horseracing. I know the horse has to come first.

Thanks for the update even if it is.......
what it is

take care

John

not to fret yet. Maybe she was mourning the horse that had a heart attack forcing her to wait. Alw 50K at CD is almost the same as 65K at Mth purse wise. IMO Of course I'll try and find a race for her at Arl.

Any update Chuck?
 

I'm sure you're at the track now but please give us an update when you can.

Thanks,
Spyder

blog is updated
 

Drat, drat and double drat.

Muttley, do something.

That stinks, I was really looking forward to seeing her live for the first time. However, I understand that the horse's health comes first. I hope that this is nothing major and she can get back on track soon.

Echo pointman's sentiments.... Hopefully just a bump in the road and she picks up where she left off.

Thanks for keeping us updated.

She's got a whole month to feel better just in time for the Spaaaa!
All kidding aside, hope the bloodwork tomorrow doesn't show anything serious.

That's a shame. Part of the perils of horse ownership I guess!! Hope it's not serious and she'll be back rolling soon!

Darn, shame, Dell, sounds like the horse was lost? Hope the rider was okay.

Glad Chuck is right on top of the subtleties with our girl, just have wait and see what's up, I guess.

Just what I needed...an excuse to finally see Arlington Park. :)

Of course, I am disappointed and concerned that Sumwon is not doing as well as we would want her to.

However, it makes me wonder how many times horses are run when they are not doing well but still not running a temperature. Another reason I am thankful that we have Chuck as a trainer and he is looking after our filly.

Very true. :)

I hope she starts to feel better soon. Horses are like people... they have their good days and their bad days. I'm sure she'll perk up soon.

anyone have any idea how long it takes for a horsey to get better and if it is the heat, how can you fix that problem? air conditioned stall?

Quick update...

Chuck said yesterday around noon that Sumwon was noticably better, displaying more energy... May simply have been fighting off a bug or was torpid from the oppressive heat...

Very good news Steve, thanks for the update.

Steve, did you use the word "torpid" as an adjective or a noun?
because as a noun, you would have just called Sumwon an "an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term".:D

Thanks much for the update, Steve.

It has indeed been torpid (adj.) around here :p - like a steam bath, even at 7:00am ! Miserable, even in the fields some of the horses are just standing around in the shade, sweating a bit; and it's always difficult to be Angus in KY in the summer if you don't have a farm pond ...

I'm going to Churchill tomorrow for fun and the Pick 6, I'll stop by and say hello to Sumwon from everyone :)

Edit: torpid, as in, "I've been torpid from the heat, too - pass the pitcher of frozen margaritas!"

Well, though I did row heavyweight 8's at Colgate, I was suggesting torpid as in sluggish.

The weather men in these parts say it will be very hot & muggy today...thus I will be very torpid by this evening!

Torpid is the word of the day

Glad to hear that Sumwon is doing better. And that she will be going from torpid to torpedo very soon. Torpid... I haven't seen that word used since my English Lit classes years ago in college. Or maybe it was in one of those Readers' Digest Add To Your Vocabulary sections. I'll have to see how many times I can use that word today.:confused: ;) :rolleyes:

can someone check on Sumwon's sleep number hay mattress, maybe it needs adjusting in all the heat ??? sure glad to hear she's better, probably just one of those things we all go through time to time...

I wonder if " torpid " was yesterday's word of the day for Steve.

As in "not all oars in the water" :confused: :p

Pictures available? :p

I can't blame the girl - the heat makes me absolutely lethargic.

A quick look at the weather shows Monmouth anticipated to be 75 degrees on Saturday 6/23 would've been great racing weather and Churchill Downs in the 90s all next week till 6/28.

That is a long way away so here's hoping a nice cooling breeze heads that way.

Glad to hear it. So still hope to do some Saratoga prepping on 7/1 or 7/4 at Churchill?

Looks like she would have had a pretty good shot at hitting the board in the Monmouth race but would have had a very tough time winning. Both Perfect Forest and Ethan's Car look very tough. She likely would have had to chase Perfect Forest the whole way and have never caught her while trying to hold off Ethan's Car and others. Hopefully we can find a place to get her some blacktype without having to run into the likes of Perfect Forest.

imo perfect forest will not be able to wire this field. If she were to have shipped to Monmouth with her "pre-bug" form I think she would have fit nicely here.