Throat surgery for Mine That Bird

10 pnt move up · #1 08-17-2009, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by smuthg

How common is this? I assume if they think he's still got a shot for the Travers it can't be real serious.

Holy Bull did it between the Hutchinson (think thats it) and the Florida Derby.

ALostTexan · #2 08-17-2009, 02:14 PM

More important than the Travers, though: Will he still be leading the post parade for the All-American Futurity?

chucklestheclown · #3 08-17-2009, 03:39 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/sp...cing.html?_r=2

Merlinsky · #4 08-17-2009, 04:04 PM

They're also nominating for the Pennsylvania Derby, an longshot possibility for Rachel Alexandra. It's a G2 but worth $1 mil. Bloodhorse calls PA Derby a G1 instead of a G2 for some reason. Someone might've made an assumption based on the purse.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...avers-still-on

SOREHOOF · #5 08-17-2009, 04:51 PM

Nothing but bad news here. First Arroyo , now this. If he runs his odds should be a little better, but can you trust him? Maybe I should get this surgery. My old lady says I snore pretty bad. It is minor! If he wins the Travers I may look into it! Do people have an epiglottis?

SniperSB23 · #6 08-17-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SOREHOOF

Nothing but bad news here. First Arroyo , now this. If he runs his odds should be a little better, but can you trust him? Maybe I should get this surgery. My old lady says I snore pretty bad. It is minor! If he wins the Travers I may look into it! Do people have an epiglottis?

Yup, it stops water and food from going straight into your lungs.

alysheba4 · #7 08-17-2009, 07:03 PM

alysheba did it a couple of weeks before the blue grass and then was a different horse.....van berg thought the horse was looking for air and he was right.