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Originally Posted by Merlinsky
We should've seen this coming. Any horse that won't stand still to wear the roses and the black-eyed susans was tempted fate as it is.
Hey Chuck, could there be a problem with the left front that doesn't make him limp but made him do that badly? Or is it more likely bleeding or something? Is an abscess too bad to get masked by adrenaline? I didn't see Empire Maker post-Derby but he ran on that foot of his and at least got up so I didn't know if Big Brown could mess up that badly without being full on lame.
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A foot abcess is tough because there often is no way to measure how severe it is or if it even exists. He may be sore in the morning. Just look at CD. he galloped ok but cooled out sore. Dont forget that Kent d pulled him up early so that may have helped. He may have bled but bleeding with a horse like this is usually secondary to some other issue bothering him.