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Originally Posted by oracle80
Then you oughta know that splints arent like fractures and arent always noticed right away. I adored that horse. His Travers was the most inccredible display or raw talent and guts I ever saw. Noone I ever saw would have run a race like that off 4 slow breezes and 30 days training, noone. The fact that he actually took after FA after the wire and caught him tells me everything I need to know about what kind of guts this horse had. That and the fact that any other horse I ever saw who was hooked by a sharp fit horse like FA was who had only 4 slow breezes would have stopped to a walk. he actually came back at him after he was passed and kept going to the wire and after it. He was as game as any horse I ever saw in my life that day.
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Well in one post you tell someone to hit themselves with a hammer and go for a run and see how they feel and than you bring up the fact that splints are not noticed right away, which if his wasn't (and Zito did term it "invisible") than how much could you really say it affected him in the Derby? If it was SO bad, like hitting yourself with a hammer, I'd think it wouldn't be invisible now would it? Also, there is a debate on whether or not horses feel pain while running which is why they will continue to run while breaking down (
) because of the adrenaline. So in the end no one can really say for certain what got him but, only that unfortunately he did.
Also, for anyone who has been waiting for his return, unfortuantely he hasn't had a published work in over a month.