Get Stormy to have ultrasound on right front leg, will skip Fourstardave

[Sightseek]

[TouchOfGrey]

Update from NYRA's site

Dual Grade 1 winner Get Stormy will miss the opportunity to defend his Grade 2 Fourstardave title on Sunday after being diagnosed with what appears to be a minor tendon issue, trainer Tom Bush said Thursday afternoon.

"He has a little pimple on the edge of his right front tendon," Bush explained. "It looks very good on ultrasound and I'm not too worried about it. Peritendinous, is how it's described. We'll probably come back after medicating him for a couple of days and re-ultrasound it to make sure, but the tendon itself seems perfectly fine. We want to be conservative. That news is about as good as we could get, even though the timing wasn't great."

[OTM Al]

I made money on this guy a couple times when he faced absolutely no pace pressure. Any kind of pace he folds like a cheap suit. Get him in a real race like the BC Mile and he shows what he is. Dedicated front runner. If people think this is what passes for great now, the sport is in really bad shape.

[TouchOfGrey]

I don't think anyone is saying he's great. He's just fun to watch.

[OTM Al]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

I don't think anyone is saying he's great. He's just fun to watch.

Sure, just like Precious Passion was. That was fun to watch and you had to cheer for the guy. He would have tied up with Twirling Candy and both would have crashed and burned and someone like Beau Choix or Turallure runs by the both of them in the stretch. Now it's all set up for TC and if he loses, there is no excuse. Guess I've just been arguing with a guy about him for too long. He told me he was going to beat Goldikova in the BC Mile because he looked so awesome in this race last year. Guess which one finished last.

[RolloTomasi]

Wasn't he the horse this past weekend who was pulled up early out of a workout because of a loose horse?

[TouchOfGrey]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Wasn't he the horse this past weekend who was pulled up early out of a workout because of a loose horse?

Yes!

DRF|Saratoga: Morning traffic jams on turf course lead to restrictions

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Tom Bush was intently eyeing Get Stormy as his multiple Grade 1 winner began to pick up momentum under jockey Ramon Dominguez during his final workout over the Oklahoma turf course in preparation for Sunday’s Grade 2 Fourstardave here at Saratoga. Suddenly, Bush heard the blaring sound of the horn that is activated when a horse gets loose on the track.

“I looked over and saw the loose horse beginning to turn back up the stretch [going the wrong way] along the inside fence and my heart started pounding so hard,” said Bush. “I was about as insane as you get watching the riderless horse head in Stormy’s direction. I kept turning back and forth from my horse to the loose horse so many times I don’t even remember where Ramon eventually got him pulled up.”

Fortunately for Bush and the dozens of other horses either working or galloping around the track at the time, the unidentified loose horse decided to wheel about 100 yards from the finish line, crashed and knocked over part of the inside fence, and ran off into the infield, where he was safely pulled up by an outrider a short while later. Meanwhile, Dominguez, ultimately sensing the seriousness of the situation, began to ease Get Stormy up inside the sixteenth pole, completing the work and happily bringing him home safely to his anxious connections.