Lava Man back in training?

[prudery]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

It wasn't injury.

Yes it WAS injury, and an injury can contribute or reflect lack of competitiveness--duh ...

I am re-schooling a young horse that was made less competitive for riding because his professional trainer insisting on pushing him when he had lyme disease and was very body sore ...

Was it any surprise that he refused at times to move at all after that, and lost his work ethic---same deal ...

After Lava Man's last race, he was x-rayed and significant changes were found in his ankles ... Whatever else--like his feet--was wrong was never detailed ...

But since bone chips were removed, you can be assured that some injury/trauma ocurred ..

If KG meant he was not retired because of a breakdown, that is true, but it is also true that degenerative damage is a slower but not less significant variety of breakdown ..

His physical issues seemed to be chronic as well--he did not leave the track because he didn't have the competitve spirit, he left because the sports equipment was wearing out ...

The stem cell therapy has corrected this to a degree, but there is NO way to determine future soundness under stress---NO WAY ..