George Washington???
 

What happened?

Anyone know what's happening?

Oh my God. He's gone.

brokedown, left ankle

fratured an ankle and had to be euthanized

Was put down....very sad

Close to tears here

Conler(sp?) fracture - Ankle

He's gone. I'm sorry.

RIP Gorgeous George. Dislocated ankle, open fracture. Blood supply shot. I'm so so sorry for him and his people. How terrible.

So sad to hear that he had to put down after the condylar fracture. R I P GW, may the grass be greener on the other side.

My heart goes out to Roy and Gretchen Jackson. How hard a year 2007 has been.

Never looked comfortable out there, terrible tragedy. Marred a nice afternoon of action.

Rotten day for the euros.

Don't really know what to say.

I hate this sport sometimes.




Good night, George, thanks for the memories.

Until this there'd been no injuries right? And Dr. Larry said this injury wasn't due to the track condition.

Shouldnt of raced anymore the first time he came up lame, but oh well. Must be a sad time with the Irish contingent, everything went wrong and top it off GW had to die. RIP GW you could of been of the best

"When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night,
And pay no worship to the garish sun."
~ William Shakespeare,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsqwv8jZI5E

Goodbye, brilliant boy. You were loved and will NEVER be forgotten.

You leave us with holes in our hearts...

Gutted.

http://www.newmarketracecourses.co.u...washington.jpg

not sure why, but as soon as they said something was wrong, i felt that it was george. a beauty and full of talent. star crossed for sure. my condolences to the jacksons, coolmore and aob, and anyone else touched by this horse in his all too brief time. it's always those behind the scenes who take it hardest, the groom, the exercise rider....i was hoping he would do well today, for danehill if nothing else.
what a rotten ending to a rotten race.

I have sent my condolences to the Aidan O'Brien team.

This is gonna sound bad but when it first happened (I couldn't quite tell who'd finished since some were bay and covered in mud) I was like "oh no, not Tiago." He was a sentimental fave of mine all year. Then I realized it was George and I felt sick.

He truly gave us everything he had on the track. I was really excited to see him back this year, yet this has put a real damper on a great day of racing.

He was retired. I guess Coolmore must be short of horses or money to bring him back like they did.

he was having fertility problems. only got a handful of mares in foal.
where have you been?

short of money, gimme a break.

get real. he was retired and Coolemore's greed makes them wring every last dime out of the horse. he's a turf horse and they bring him over here to run in the slop ? shame on Coolemore.

sumitas, what is your problem? everyone knows about his fertility issues, the rush to retirement of their 3 yo by danehill to take his place, and george's return to the track.
he ran in the classic a year ago, none the worse for wear. it's what racehorses do.

maybe you should watch figure skating instead?

Once they switch to synthetic ice instead of the real thing....count him in.

you must be in management, soaking every last ounce of energy out of your wage slaves. go work for coolemore. they exploit every last dying breath out of their horses. something you are very comfortable with, it seems.

lol

to quote peter from family guy

'you drunk'

go whip some people and release your tension grrrrl

it's saturday, my wage slaves whip themselves on wknds, i'll be back on monday to straighten them up for the next week.:rolleyes:

where's dahoss, mums wants him...aw the heck with it i'm done with him, lol. have fun and don't spend your winnings all in one place ;)

I heard 6. Is that accurate? At least we have some of him to carry on. You know, Domino only had 14 offspring before his untimely loss as a stallion. Doesn't mean the influence is gone.

Disgusting that they would run that horse today. Should be ashamed of themselves

i see some don't wait til monday to do their quarterbacking. how nice to always be right after knowing the outcome.

there's redboarding, so what's this? surely a good name for it.

yeah, old crazy domino. they had to blindfold him to get his jock on his back, domino despised the guy. thank goodness for broad brush, and now his son Include, to keep the domino line going.

Just got a text from a good friend of mine who works at Aidan's, she and everyone just feels sick at the moment. I think she is still at home in France, but she has been in contact with a few of her work collegues.

George was loved, he was a real character and i think he was the favourite horse in the yard from the groom's point of view.

She went through the same heartbreak in the Epsom Derby when Horatio Nelson broke down. She rode him every morning and travelled europe with him.

I hate to think how George's groom is feeling right now.

Agreed. Especially if he's had problems. It's all about the $

i'd imagine they all feel pretty dammed low. there was a small article in bloodhorse about a lady who's spent all her time working with horses. she worked pine island, and said losing her almost put her out of the sport. you get so attached to them.

To be honest, I thought we were home free until the Classic. Wagering wise, this was my worst Breeder's Cup day ever, but many of us at the party I was at kept commenting about how glad we were that there were no mishaps or breakdowns. So much for that.