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[Scav]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Rev,

That may have finished things up.. But I always felt that coming off the winter layoff, the huge effort that day at GP on the totally sloppy track, as heavy a horse as he was, really knocked First Samurai for a loop physically. He pounded down to the clay in that race, all out... Brothers had to really nurse him along after that.

Hopefully Lansdon will see this tonight and give his perspective, but that's the way I saw it this winter/spring...

yep, that race was SERIOUSLY fast and the conditions are what smoked him, gutted him......For him to come back and run the race he did in the FOY is amazing if you ask me, even with the bootleg ride that the jock put on that day, I think it was Prado......

Nafzger routinely runs his horses in front bandages whether they need them or not and has for years. I actually had a conversation with Unbridled's groom about it once. She said it was just his thing...

Remember Banshee Breeze? She never needed them either, but ran in them as a precaution. Since Nafzger is on all our radar now, pay close attention to how many go postward in those front bandages. Not a toss-out reason when it comes to him.

I remember bandages on Mayo on the Side, Carmandia, Eurosilver, Santana Strings, Softly, Atlas Valley, so many more all wore bandages when sent postward by Nafzger.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by redransom

Nafzger routinely runs his horses in front bandages whether they need them or not and has for years. I actually had a conversation with Unbridled's groom about it once. She said it was just his thing...

Remember Banshee Breeze? She never needed them either, but ran in them as a precaution. Since Nafzger is on all our radar now, pay close attention to how many go postward in those front bandages. Not a toss-out reason when it comes to him.

I remember bandages on Mayo on the Side, Carmandia, Eurosilver, Santana Strings, Softly, Atlas Valley, so many more all wore bandages when sent postward by Nafzger.

Banshee Breeze was a VERY sore going horse. But, good horses can run through soreness.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Banshee Breeze was a VERY sore going horse.

Ain't they all?

I do know she was pretty good early in her career and the bandages were just part of Nafzger's routine. Before she ran in the BC, however, I saw her standing in an ice tub 'bout up to her shoulders; knew then those bandages were a good idea.

And I'm not sure, but is Nafzger really a "train through" kinda guy like the old schoolers (and Lukas) are?