St Nicholas Abbey suffers career ending injury

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Arletta

Never thought I'd say I liked maggots (yuck..) but in this case I love 'em!

What a miracle it will be if this horse pulls through everything he's been through.

i read a book about them using maggots in the 1800's to treat wounded soldiers. they used leeches too, and still do..so i always wondered about maggots.
they won't eat the good stuff, just the bad.

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i read a book about them using maggots in the 1800's to treat wounded soldiers. they used leeches too, and still do..so i always wondered about maggots.
they won't eat the good stuff, just the bad.

tmi

Barf

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Arletta

tmi

Barf

lol

yeah, it seems like it'd be gross...but, hey, if it works!

[MaTH716]

Nick Luck ‏@nickluck 13m
St Nicholas Abbey died this morning. Devastating news for all @coolmore - his courage was extraordinary.

Just awful.

[OldDog]

That is so sad.

[Danzig]

damn. that's too bad that he fought so long, and all for naught. have to say, every time i saw there was an update to this thread, i was afraid of this very news.

such a shame.


http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/raci...bbey-1.1654912

he was euthanized because of colic.

[TouchOfGrey]

So very sad.

Press release from Coolmore:

Regretfully St Nicholas Abbey has lost his brave battle after suffering a colic this morning. Surgery revealed a severe strangulating colon torsion that was unviable and he had to be euthanized on humane grounds. This is extremely
unfortunate as St Nicholas Abbey had been in terrific form, the laminitis was resolving very well and the fracture had healed better than expected.

Coolmore would like to thank the surgeons, the international experts and all the staff at Fethard Equine Hospital who gave him such excellent care 24/7. We would also like to thank the multitude of well-wishers for all the cards and messages of support for St Nicholas Abbey. He will be buried in the graveyard here at Coolmore.

[freddymo]

Nobody learned any lessons from this and this is the problem with money and horses.

[trackrat59]

Originally Posted by Danzig

damn. that's too bad that he fought so long, and all for naught. have to say, every time i saw there was an update to this thread, i was afraid of this very news.such a shame.


http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/raci...bbey-1.1654912

he was euthanized because of colic.

Same here. This really stinks. Very sad.