Does this taint the Travers?

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Not true, injuries that occur in a hard race often don't show up until the next day! Horses are athletes, they know when they are gonna race and the adrenalin rush can often mask an injury until later...that's why any trainer will always answer questions about future plans by adding, "lets see how he comes out of this race!"

Sure ...

... but injuries can also occur when a horse isn't racing.

In this case ... as in most ... we'll never know ... 'cause the horses never tell us.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

Sure ...

... but injuries can also occur when a horse isn't racing.

In this case ... as in most ... we'll never know ... 'cause the horses never tell us.

Absolutely true! My guess is that it happened in the race and would possibly explain why he flattened out in the stretch...but it's a guess nothing more!

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Absolutely true! My guess is that it happened in the race and would possibly explain why he flattened out in the stretch...but it's a guess nothing more!

My guess is that J.T. Lundy may have been hanging around his barn.

But that too ... is just a guess.

[dalakhani]

I think the idea that this fine performance was tainted is ridiculous. Even on BGC's best day, it wasnt going to beat Bernardini yesterday.

I agree with BB. The injury could have happened any time and it certainly did not affect the outcome.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

I think the idea that this fine performance was tainted is ridiculous. Even on BGC's best day, it wasnt going to beat Bernardini yesterday.

I agree with BB. The injury could have happened any time and it certainly did not affect the outcome.

Pure speculation either way...maybe it did and maybe it didn't! Nobody can say absolutely either way! I agree that the best horse won the race, other than that....interesting discussion but nothing more!

[hockey2315]

Bluegrass Cat, by Storm Cat, bred and owned by WinStar farm, sustained a non-displaced fracture of the right hind pastern while running second to Preakness Stakes winner Bernardini in the Travers. Subsequent to the race, radiographs were taken when it was discovered that Bluegrass Cat was significantly lame in the right hind leg. Surgical options are currently under review by owners Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt. The injury is career ending but not life threatening.

“We are clearly disappointed that Bluegrass Cat’s racing career has come to an end. We are excited however about his extraordinary prospects as a stallion,” said Doug Cauthen, president of WinStar farm. “He was three for three as a two year old with Todd in New York, winning two graded stakes races including New York’s juvenile derby prep, the Remsen (G2). He set a stakes record at three, won the $1million Haskell by a record seven lengths, ran second in both the $2 million Derby (G1)and the $1 million Belmont (G1) and placed to the great Bernardini in the $1 million Travers. With his pedigree, race record and exceptional conformation, Bluegrass Cat is a commercial breeder’s dream.”

“This horse was just coming into his own. Bluegrass Cat was bringing his game to a whole new level coming off his performance in the Haskell. It is quite disappointing that his career has come to an end. He was a very special horse,” said trainer Todd Pletcher.

Bluegrass Cat was bred to be a racehorse and bred to be a sire. He is by Storm Cat out of a Grade 1 producing A.P. Indy mare who is out of a Graded Stakes winning / multiple graded stakes producing daughter of Mr. Prospector, herself of a Grade 1 winner and Champion producing of Northern Dancer.

It has not yet been determined when the horse will ship back to WinStar.

It happened during the race- ok everybody?!

[Suffolk Shippers]

This doesnt at all taint Bernardini's win...I'd like to think it more shows the guts of Bluegrass Cat for taking two shots at the winner despite this injury.
BCG has a lot of temerity and he showed it yesterday, it's too bad he injured himself in the process.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Bluegrass Cat, by Storm Cat, bred and owned by WinStar farm, sustained a non-displaced fracture of the right hind pastern while running second to Preakness Stakes winner Bernardini in the Travers. Subsequent to the race, radiographs were taken when it was discovered that Bluegrass Cat was significantly lame in the right hind leg. Surgical options are currently under review by owners Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt. The injury is career ending but not life threatening.

“We are clearly disappointed that Bluegrass Cat’s racing career has come to an end. We are excited however about his extraordinary prospects as a stallion,” said Doug Cauthen, president of WinStar farm. “He was three for three as a two year old with Todd in <a href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=1&k=new%20york" onmouseover="window.status='New York'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">New York</a>, winning two graded stakes races including New York’s juvenile derby prep, the Remsen (G2). He set a stakes record at three, won the $1million Haskell by a record seven lengths, ran second in both the $2 million Derby (G1)and the $1 million Belmont (G1) and placed to the great Bernardini in the $1 million Travers. With his pedigree, race record and exceptional conformation, Bluegrass Cat is a commercial breeder’s dream.”

“This horse was just coming into his own. Bluegrass Cat was bringing his game to a whole new level coming off his performance in the Haskell. It is quite disappointing that his career has come to an end. He was a very special horse,” said trainer Todd Pletcher.

Bluegrass Cat was bred to be a racehorse and bred to be a sire. He is by Storm Cat out of a Grade 1 producing A.P. Indy mare who is out of a Graded Stakes winning / multiple graded stakes producing daughter of Mr. Prospector, herself of a Grade 1 winner and Champion producing of Northern Dancer.

It has not yet been determined when the horse will ship back to WinStar.

It happened during the race- ok everybody?!

Why are you so upset? The Saratoga publicist apparently is quoted as saying that it happened when BC kicked a stall at night; if they are certain that it happened during the running, fine....

It appears that BC was going to be retired anyway at the end of the season, since an Win Star ran an ad for him in this week's Thoroughbred Times

[ateamstupid]

The way I feel..

1.) It's definitely a shame that this happened.. BGC was a nice 3-year-old who could've taken some of the later 3-year-old stakes (IN Derby, Pegasus, etc.) this year.

2.) It's pretty irrelevant whether it happened in the race or not, considering BGC could've had eight legs plus a set of wings and never gotten close to Bernardini at the wire.