Bluegrass Cat retired due to pastern injury

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

If you knew ANYTHING about racing you would understand that horses get off of what is hurting them and it usually causes injury elsewhere...If he was favoring the front-end then it would have compromised his action in the rear end when running full speed in the race and trying his ass off like he usually does...hence, more stress on the back end and SNAPOLA she goes...get it? Horses are smart animals and they know what is stinging them and what to get off of to take care of themselves...

Do I have to teach you everything about this game, Oracle?

That is absolutely correct. Horses will often injure one of their good legs because they are getting off their bad leg. This is very common.