|
|
 |
|
|
|
#1
10-06-2007, 11:46 PM
|
||||
|
||||
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.
__________________
"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts 
|
|
#2
10-06-2007, 11:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
__________________
http://www.facebook.com/cajungator26
|
|
#3
10-07-2007, 01:11 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
http://www.wlextv.com/global/story.asp?s=7178804
It says fractures to both feet. very sad hope he makes it
|
|
#4
10-07-2007, 02:44 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
I'd hate to be BSing here but it was the most logical thing that occurred to me since I and a few other people it seems were confused about the idea that he'd broken both front legs. Am I shooting my mouth off or does this make any sense to anybody else?
|
|
#5
10-07-2007, 03:04 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Could be (yes, two sesamoid bones each ankle). The story on the WLEX website is from AP. Dr. Alan Ruggles is a surgeon at Rood and Riddle. From the TV news, I got the impression he was present at the track today (maybe the AAEP vet present at big event days to deal with media?), due to his detailed description of Dream of Angels. What a tragically ironic name for that poor horse. Rest in peace.
----------------- (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.): It was a rough start to the first Saturday of Keeneland's Fall Meet. Two horses had to be euthanized and a third pulled up short with an ankle fracture. Teuflesberg, the 17th-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, pulled up short in the Grade 3 Phoenix Handicap with fractures to both feet. He was expected to have surgery early next week to fuse bones in his ankles, said veterinarian Alan Ruggles. The ugliest injury of the day didn't happen on the track but in the paddock as Dream of Angels was being saddled for the Phoenix. The horse was euthanized because of severe head trauma, severe bleeding and cranial and spinal cord problems. "It doesn't take a lot of force when you're a heavy animal to be injured severely," Ruggles said. "Around Keeneland, there's grass and there's rubber bricks to protect the horses. But it's like you and I, you just hit yourself in a certain way and just the force at a certain angle can cause dramatic damage." Gold Train also was euthanized after pulling up lame with a fractured right foot just past the quarter-pole in the Lane's End Breeders' Futurity. Tracks across the country have been looking into synthetic surfaces, in part to prevent catastrophic breakdowns, such as the one that doomed Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro in the 2006 Preakness. Keeneland was among the first to install Polytrack, and track officials said injuries were down last year.
__________________
"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
|
|
#7
10-07-2007, 07:31 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
|
|
#8
10-07-2007, 10:06 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
didn't realize teuf got loose, perhaps that was when the injury to the other front leg occurred, trying to compensate for the one. something that sounded really bad now sounds that much worse. good luck teuflesberg!
__________________
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
|
|
#9
10-07-2007, 11:06 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
Poor boy, I wish him luck. He seemed pretty determined that there was a job to be done and he was gonna do it from the moment he was being pulled up to when he thought he should bust out and give it another go. Thank goodness it didn't break the skin so that it cuts back on infection (and not gonna lie I would've probably gotten queasy if it had been flopping around on tv). I know it's kind of selfish but after I think about him being ok I start missing the fact that I don't get to see him run anymore. Such a gutsy little guy. So was Jamie waiting to make a deal in any capacity for breeding rights? Just so crazy that she didn't at least have something going. It's not like he's Secretariat for pete's sake. There's a likely limit for whatcha get.
|
|
#10
10-07-2007, 11:14 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
if he makes it, no doubt he'll get a deal somewhere.
__________________
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
|
|
#11
10-07-2007, 11:57 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I just called Rood and Riddle. I asked if they had any media statements or updates to release today regarding Teufs condition - no.
I asked if they had any updates or information regarding the exact nature of the injury - no, nothing other than what Dr. Ruggles has already said publically yesterday. They did say they were going to release more information tomorrow morning -the girl answering the telephone didn't know the exact time. Hope that doesn't bode poorly for Teuf. Doesn't sound good. But perhaps the owners just don't care to involve the news media in this. Their choice, they are certainly entitled to their privacy.
__________________
"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
|
Hybrid Mode
