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10-06-2007, 11:17 PM
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Well, the lead story on the local NBC Lexington affiliate news at 11:00pm was about "two horses dying at Keeneland today". They showed video of Dream of Angels in the paddock (the horse wasn't seen, just all the people holding up the tarps around the poor horse), had quotes from the attending vet regarding the severity of injury and how easy it is for a horse to suffer severe injury falling, interviewed a few female race fans who were at the paddock when that happened (crying); showed video of Gold Train pulling up in the race and reporting the euthanasia; and showed the video of Teufelsburg being pulled up in his race, and the ambulance taking him off. They mentioned Keeneland has grass and rubber bricks in the paddock for horse safety, and polytrack.
They reported Teuf was taken to Rood and Riddle, "where he is to have surgery next week to fuse broken bones in both his front legs". Believe it or not, with all that, it wasn't sensationalized, it was very sad and very respectful of the horses. They treated it as they do when there's a bad car accident with deaths.
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10-06-2007, 11:30 PM
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They reported Teuf was taken to Rood and Riddle, "where he is to have surgery next week to fuse broken bones in both his front legs".
/both front legs?
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10-06-2007, 11:35 PM
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They repeated "both front legs" twice, at the top of the newscast and in sports. But it didn't sound like it came from Rood and Riddle, and I don't know who they got the "surgery next week" from (which would be Monday, and makes sense), as they didn't ascribe that info to "vets at R and R" or anything.
Maybe they watch ESPN. Don't know.
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10-06-2007, 11:39 PM
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Not to be naive..but how does that happen? I was watching the race and he was going nicely and then pulled up. I understand a bad step, but...
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10-07-2007, 12:45 AM
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I heard something about him breaking his sesamoids, but didn't hear that it was both front legs... this can't be correct, can it?
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10-07-2007, 12:46 AM
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Hyperflexion of the fetlocks can cause sesamoid injuries, and bilateral isn't uncommon in race horses (looking back through the literature regarding same).
We don't know what the real deal is, guess we'll have to see if the owners wish to discuss Teuf publically. I sure hope it's something repairable.
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10-07-2007, 12:51 AM
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10-07-2007, 02:11 AM
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http://www.wlextv.com/global/story.asp?s=7178804
It says fractures to both feet. very sad hope he makes it
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#9
10-07-2007, 08:31 AM
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