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02-17-2011, 04:37 PM
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Overheated horse cools off in Tampa infield lake
OLDSMAR, Fla. - In one of the more bizarre episodes in the history of Tampa Bay Downs, a 4-year-old Point Given gelding named Shipping News, a starter in a 1 3/8-mile maiden turf race Thursday, wound up splashing about in the infield lake following a series of events that began with the horse being pulled up after seven furlongs of the marathon race.
http://www.drf.com/news/overheated-h...a-infield-lake 
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02-17-2011, 04:38 PM
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I wonder if he was sired by our Point Given here on DT.
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02-17-2011, 05:05 PM
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As a state vet for many years I have had some wild times with horses that fell, were unhurt and ran away (with out the bridle because it got pulled off in the fall) or had heat strokes and they do get wild and hyper (ie the nervous system is over heated causing hyper excitabiltiy)
 but never had one get into the in field lake. Pretty smart horse to go cool him self off in the lake, but also lucky it was a shallow lake.  An old outrider I knew told me a story back many, many years ago a filly trained by Horatio Luro got loose in the Atlantic City Race Course infield and was chased until she jumped in the lake and could not get caught because she was in such a panic. She would not come near any people tring to help her and she drown.  No matter how long one works with horses, one never really ever "sees it all" because horse will always suprise you!!
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02-17-2011, 05:09 PM
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Florida is just too hot to live in
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02-17-2011, 05:18 PM
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02-17-2011, 05:39 PM
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02-17-2011, 10:28 PM
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there!
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02-17-2011, 11:06 PM
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"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military."...William S. Burroughs
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02-18-2011, 10:11 AM
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I've seen this at least twice at Calder. Several years ago. I think they may have put up some sort of preventive fencing, barrier, etc since then.
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02-17-2011, 07:56 PM
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This must have been a sight!
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02-17-2011, 08:32 PM
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"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military."...William S. Burroughs
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