Uncle Mo gets treatment at Winstar

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Coincidence or not, the question marks surrounding Uncle Mo's physical condition got launched into the stratosphere when it was announced a couple of weeks ago that Devil May Care was euthanized and that she had been suffering from lymphosarcoma.

Certainly, that disease doesn't happen all the time, especially not to 3yo horses, within the same barn, within a few months of each other.

While it's a ridiculously huge leap to say that Uncle Mo has the exact same disease, from the outside looking in, he has similar (albeit vague) signs she exhibited last fall, was initially diagnosed as having a GI insult like her, and also has tests revealing a dreaded "elevated enzyme". So you can certainly see where these morbid, cynical predictions come from.

At the very least, this conspiracy theory has a bit more firepower than the usual accusations thrown around during the Gulfstream meet after so many open length, triple digit BSF victories in stakes and allowance races.

I am trying to figure out why 1 horse that died from cancer is such a smoking gun in your mind? I was under the impression that Pletcher has a rep for treating all the horses the same using basically the same tonics and elixirers on all. So wouldnt there be more horses getting this cancer then just one?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by freddymo

I am trying to figure out why 1 horse that died from cancer is such a smoking gun in your mind?

You're jumping to conclusions. I only said that, put alongside the Devil May Care episode, the mystery Uncle Mo illness is starting off in a similar fashion. Hence, for some, all the questioning of the "fullness" of the connections' reports on the horse.

I was under the impression that Pletcher has a rep for treating all the horses the same using basically the same tonics and elixirers on all.

I'm only going off DRF and Blood-Horse reports, so if you have some juicy inside info to dish, I guess your posts on the matter are much more informed then mine.

So wouldnt there be more horses getting this cancer then just one?

No. Does everyone exposed to asbestos get mesothelioma?