Yup, that white on his right hind sure does go up to the ankle in the back, doesn’t it? Interesting marking.
The guy who ran him last, Dominic Giglio, has a horse entered at Mountaineer Wednesday and had one run at Thistledown this weekend. Might be worth trying to get in touch to see if you can get any info about why he came back sore last time?
He sure is a sweet looking fellow.
That canter video…not promising. But either way, a better end.
I’m going to remain positive until he gets vetted. We know (if his tattoo reads right) that he was pulled up as lame from his last race but what he has been doing or where he has been since then is a mystery. He’s obviously not in racing condition and it’s unclear if his injury is permanent or not. You can see muscle difference between both hips but he also went down at the auction on the concrete so we aren’t sure if his current state is a result of that or a previous condition.
EPM, maybe? He nearly looks neuro to me, and a progression of symptoms could explain his drop in class. A year ago he was running for a $50k tag and actually beat a couple horses.
Good luck with the vet! When does that happen?
Fractured Pelvis looks a lot like that. Hope that is all it is as if you stall rest and rehab, they can come back from that well.
enjoytheride, you know you & you’re friends are angels, right? As my DH loves to say about serendipity, “There are no accidents…” For this particular TB, you were meant to be there. Def tear-worthy. Agree with Simkie about pedigree, there is that
My Babu lineage I love to see. You Rock!!!
Now I’m all teary eyed. He looks a lot like my guy in the face. Definitely going to send a bit his way. Thank you thank you thank you for grabbing him! Even if he’s not fixable, at least he’ll have a happier end.
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Fractured Pelvis looks a lot like that. Hope that is all it is as if you stall rest and rehab, they can come back from that well.[/QUOTE]
Could very well be that when he cast himself. He sure is a cutie pie. Anyone else think that Hip Tag 74 is a great show name?
There is some atrophy and prior bedsores on that hip (you can see it when you look at the pictures) so we think it’s an older injury but obviously can’t be sure. He’ll be vetted later this week and we will know then.
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There is some atrophy and prior bedsores on that hip (you can see it when you look at the pictures) so we think it’s an older injury but obviously can’t be sure. He’ll be vetted later this week and we will know then.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I could see the atrophy in the videos. He sure is a lovely type. I hope whatever is wrong is fixable.
My thanks to you also for saving him. Sound, or not, there is no reason to let a horse get in that poor shape. :mad:
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Yeah I could see the atrophy in the videos. He sure is a lovely type. I hope whatever is wrong is fixable.[/QUOTE]
+1
You’ve done a wonderful thing for this horse. Please keep us posted. Ill chip in to his fund as soon as I get to a real computer and not my phone.
oh he’s cute, he looks so young!
Please keep us posted and jingles for a happy outcome for him.
So thin for a 3yo. So sad.
Thank you enjoytheride.
His hips look even. I would hope it’s suspensory, which time consuming and athletic ability limiting would not be life threatening and still suitable for lower levels of many disciplines.
Thank you for doing this! Makes me sick…how can they just toss them away 
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Thank you for doing this! Makes me sick…how can they just toss them away :([/QUOTE]
I am NOT defending his connections NOR am I condoning his ended up where he was, But the reality is for a sick or chronically unsound horse , or career ending injured ,those racing in the lower end of racing scale are often between a rock and a hard spot. Some have owners who pay so little day rate it’s scary, so many are on Deals.They run the life out of those horses on the way down to just get a start fee. Some frankly just don t care…but there is no place for these horses to go…That’s what is needed…No question asked surrender stalls and organization to deal with those horses …Free or low cost euthanasia…there just isn t enough money or places. When the economy crashed SO many horses were abandoned to trainers who were just stuck with them. Now we are faced with way less TB s being registered and smaller pools of race age horses. That has created another problem for the lower end trainers keeping horses running longer who they would have shifted onto us Before they got this damaged. It’s not so much about drugs or injecting since the restrictions are getting really tough.
Sorry off SoapBox.
This!
not sure if I am naive or stupid, but why not spend $200 on vet bill to humanely euthanize rather than “earning” $100 from a kill buyer when you know how horrible that horse’s last few days / weeks will be.
the owner at least owes the horse that much.
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not sure if I am naive or stupid, but why not spend $200 on vet bill to humanely euthanize rather than “earning” $100 from a kill buyer when you know how horrible that horse’s last few days / weeks will be.
the owner at least owes the horse that much.[/QUOTE]
Because sometimes that $200 just isn’t there. So many of these guys run SO lean.
When I took Piggers, his next stop was one of these auctions. Not because his owner wasn’t caring–he bred the horse, he cares with his whole heart–but because he’s not a horse person and the horse was lame and the trainer was done with him. The trainer hadn’t presented options other than to send him to a sale and the owner didn’t have any sort of contacts or even know where to begin finding someone who could board the horse and rehab him or find him someone who would. I wound up with the horse because I made it a habit to say hello to him every weekend…he likely would have shipped the next day.
It’s really a whole different world out there. I certainly don’t condone this at all, but I can understand how a horse winds up at a sale. I imagine sometimes it’s someone just not caring and wanting the $$, but I think far more often, it’s the only option people think they have.
Keep in mind, too, that the owner here likely barely made anything. The sale barn takes their fees, and the horse had to be hauled to the sale. That doesn’t leave much at all in the owner’s pocket.
I don’t know about where everyone else is at but our vet charges almost nothing to euthanize BUT to have the body disposed of, that can cost a fortune. Hundreds of dollars. It’s not a dog that you can just dig a big enough hole in the backyard. I agree that these horses deserve so much more than this, but I don’t live with my head in the sand about the economic reality of these lower level tracks either.
I hope that this guy ends up being fixable and I’m so happy if he’s not that he will be meet a much better and more comforting end.
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