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08-26-2007, 06:35 PM
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Farewell, Indian Flare
Sad news from BH.....
Indian Flare Dies After Ballerina Stakes Injury by Claire Novak Indian Flare, trained by Bobby Frankel and owned by Juddmonte Farms, died after apparently fracturing her pelvis in the Aug. 26 running of the Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course, according to track veterinarian Anthony Verderosa. "She fractured her pelvis, probably at the break, and died of cardiovascular shock," Verderosa said. "It's not uncommon for a horse to run their race and come back like that." Jockey Javier Castellano said he found it hard to believe the mare was injured anywhere near the start. "She broke so good; she ran so well," he said. "I didn't feel anything wrong during the race. She felt tired and I pulled her up, and she felt like she didn't want to walk, so I jumped off. I tried to take off the tongue tie and when I handed her to the groom, she went down. I was really surprised when the vet said she passed away, because they gave her water, gave her attention, everything was so quick, and when I left I thought she was just tired like a normal horse." Indian Flare led the field of nine through most of the Ballerina, setting early fractions of :22.27 and :44.57 before losing her position to Baroness Thatcher on the far turn. She was sixth at the head of the stretch and faded to last by the wire. After galloping back, the bay mare collapsed near the winners' circle and was removed from the track by equine ambulance after efforts to revive her failed. Indian Flare, foaled in Kentucky March 12, 2002 by Juddmonte Farms, was a 5-year-old daughter of Cherokee Run out of the Capote mare True Flare. With a lifetime record of 7-5-3 from 20 starts, she raced on the dirt, turf, and over Keeneland's Polytrack surface, and won the Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park June 17. Her lifetime earnings amounted to $443,236. 
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08-26-2007, 06:42 PM
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08-26-2007, 07:54 PM
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How terrible! Rest in peace, beautiful girl.
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08-26-2007, 08:07 PM
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Sadly, if she was bleeding due to a fractured pelvis, that process is accelerated when the heart is beating full speed during a race. The blood loss causes loss of oxygenation.
Fortunately, she probably never experienced severe distress.
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08-26-2007, 08:35 PM
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I remember them commenting on it on TVG as she pulled up. Never occurred to me that I was looking at a horse with a fractured pelvis. She just looked absolutely worn out. Poor girl. And she ran well for awhile there in spite of it all.
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08-26-2007, 09:09 PM
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She was a lovely mare. Very tragic indeed.
Heartfelt condolences to all of her people.
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08-26-2007, 10:54 PM
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RIP... I hate reading this stuff. Too many lost.
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08-27-2007, 11:52 AM
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Very odd, shocking and tragic situation. It just looked like she ran out of steam, I wondered if something was wrong, never dreamed it would be anything like this.
Was anyone there? Did this happen in front of the grandstand or did she make it to the van? RIP...so sad.
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08-27-2007, 02:13 PM
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RIP dear girl, she truly died trying
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08-27-2007, 02:26 PM
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It ruined the day for me. It was extrememly sad. Godspeed...
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08-27-2007, 02:33 PM
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08-27-2007, 03:25 PM
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Frankel just said she actually bled to death. That is really tough.
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08-27-2007, 04:39 PM
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Thats A shame.... Tough way to go... I even put her in my exacta yesterday...
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