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Originally Posted by jpops757
UNsound or poorly handled. This has already been pointed out. Im not promoting this horse but dont be suprised by his results in the "shed" Can I say Vindication.
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Yes, that is exactly right. The horse was poorly handled. Not only that, he was racing and training on two of the most unforgiving surfaces in the country. The surface at Del Mar last year was as a bad a surface as I've ever seen. We had horses that we had to get out of there after just a week of galloping. I've never seen a surface that bad. Horses that are normally very sound were coming back with problems after just a few days of galloping there. Santa Anita was no bargain either. We had plenty of horses that were having problems there and these same horses are perfect now at Hollywood training on the cushion-track.
At the 2 year old sales, they drill the horses pretty good. My trainers and vets are very conservative and they will not give us the "ok" on a horse unless the horse has great conformation and is totally sound. It is less than 5% of the horses at these sales that will get the ok from both our trainer and our vet. Cindago got the ok from both of them.
If Cindago was handled right and was training and racing on a decent surface, I think he would would have probably lasted for a while. By the way, I was not at all surprised that the horse was done after that Del Mar race. I talked to my trainer the day after that race and told him I would not be surprised if the horse was never the same again after that race.