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Originally Posted by Danzig
if you've seen how barbaro walked after his surgery, or dancinginmydreams with her fused ankle, you'd see why.
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Yes but they had what? A few dozen fractures in one bone? Couldn't multiple mean 2? Come to think of it, the Bloodhorse article on Springside said "a fracture" (I know Josie Carroll said multiple) although it did mention several screws to keep the bone in place. That doesn't mean the little bits of bone necessarily. My thought was though that if retirement is a foregone conclusion, at the very least you expect some blurb about it being career ending and breeding plans haven't been decided or she won't be able to breed this coming year. Heck even 'we'll miss the '09 breeding season anyway so we'll just see how she's healed by the fall and figure out whether to race her at 4 or breed her.' Either it's not a foregone conclusion or it's sloppily journalism. Sounds like the latter but I won't assume. There'll be a surgery report tomorrow, maybe they're waiting for an official statement from the connections to print it.
This is why I was confused though. It would seem like multiple fractures would end a career. I didn't get the various articles not saying as much even once. If someone sees one that does, let me know. I thought it was weird. I get that you'd think it would make sense cuz it does. She's got a G2 win so really it's not like they have to get on it and bring her back even if they thought it was doable. She's got something flashy on her resume as a broodmare prospect.