Gary Stevens Breaks Collarbone and Pletcher Fined $200

[Riot]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I'm not sure if you can or should compare a human athlete with an equine one.

But take Jahvid Best - the best running back in the Pac 10 last year. He gets a concussion and they don't even let him practice .. let alone play or even suit up for a single game for the final 8 weeks of the season.

As hard as this horse (he's the 1A) hit the top of his head on the gate less than a week prior to his workout - I'm pretty surprised he didn't get a concussion.

Trouble is that few owners would pay for the CT or MRI of the skull to see if anything is there ($2K). Then, if you see something in the imaging, but there are no neuro signs, and the horse is acting normally, it will be hard to convince the owner/trainer to give the horse a few months off in paddock

Need to wait for the necropsy results. Could be something completely unassociated (aneurysm, etc)

[paisjpq]

Plus the nearest mri (unless I'm mistaken) is almost 3 hours away...adding to the hard sell on a clinically "normal" animal. But its not like Winstar is a cheapass organization...if warranted they would probably pay for a scan. So one has to assume the horse acted right.

Originally Posted by Riot

Trouble is that few owners would pay for the CT or MRI of the skull to see if anything is there ($2K). Then, if you see something in the imaging, but there are no neuro signs, and the horse is acting normally, it will be hard to convince the owner/trainer to give the horse a few months off in paddock

Need to wait for the necropsy results. Could be something completely unassociated (aneurysm, etc)

[TouchOfGrey]

DRF|Stevens vows to quit riding after latest injury

“That’s it for me,” he promised. “No mas. It’s been a long time since I hurt like this, and it reminds me why I don’t do it for a living anymore. I’ve been working horses on and off since the spring. It’s how I like to get fit, and for entertainment purposes, too. But all that’s going to discontinue.

“So I’m burning all my jockey stuff,” Stevens said. “The helmets, the flack jackets, everything – then put the ashes in urns, and maybe sell them on eBay.”