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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I agree with Oracle 100%. The horse ran a couple of incredible races last year. That being said, I doubt that we will see the same horse this year. He's very unsound and he doesn't have a good trainer. I still only give him a 50/50 chance to even make it back to the races. Every time he works, he needs 15-20 days to recover. And that's just from working 3 furlongs. Today he worked a half-mile. Who knows when his next work will be.
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Most of his issues have been growthy issues...he is such a big horse that when you are that large at three and that fast on top of it...things will naturally occur....I don't think poped splint bones are horrible just need to allow them to heal because they are nagging....they look uglier than they are.....He is now half way through his 4YO year and his growth should have settled past the stage of when he was maturing while being such a large and fast specimen.....The thing I always liked about this colt was that he gave off the impression that he would be better as an older horse based on his physique and yet he was stellar when right at 3.....Hopefully, he has caught up with his body growth at this point now, and can run soundly without his growing bones have to worry about sustaining the weight of his massive physique...I would hope that he mature now all the way around from a physical standpoint...