DERBY/OAKS DAWN PATROL: (5/1) Valeski out, Optimizer in..

[Danzig]

thanks sunday...i know that link was in a thread somewhere in the paddock!

[slotdirt]

Steve - seeing lots of speculation this morning on Creative Cause. Anything to add for the masses?

[HaloWishingwell]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Steve - seeing lots of speculation this morning on Creative Cause. Anything to add for the masses?

Apparently hasn't been on the track since Monday

[FATPIANO]

Cause for concern?

[3kings]

Originally Posted by FATPIANO

Cause for concern?

Sure. I thing I heard on ATR that he tore of a shoe and a little piece if his hoof with it. He did walk and school in the paddock yesterday and is expected to do do today too. Any loss of training thisweek would have to be at least a little disconcerting at this point IMO?

[Danzig]

when i read the b'horse article about his work on monday, they said he'd lost a shoe on the flight. didn't keep him from having what his trainer said was a good work, and his last serious training before the race.
so, has he lost another shoe? i know i read that one of the horses had injured a hoof when tearing off a shoe, but that wasn't creative cause. it was another derby horse but they were talking about his last race, not something recent or something in training.

[3kings]

Originally Posted by Danzig

when i read the b'horse article about his work on monday, they said he'd lost a shoe on the flight. didn't keep him from having what his trainer said was a good work, and his last serious training before the race.
so, has he lost another shoe? i know i read that one of the horses had injured a hoof when tearing off a shoe, but that wasn't creative cause. it was another derby horse but they were talking about his last race, not something recent or something in training.

Maybe some one can clarify this, i was on the phone with work so I may not have been Creative Cause with the shoe(hoof) issue.