Maybe TAP should have asked COTH...

[Texarkana]

… because I’m sure no less than 23 posters would have told him to check his horse for ulcers, regardless of symptoms or current treatments. :lol: :winkgrin:

Always Dreaming to Race in 2018

[Laurierace]

Lolololol! FYI, it is always ulcers.

[Forego]

Now that was funny!!

[snaffle1987]

I always thought always dreaming looked scraggely, and didn’t seem to mature the way he should have. Despite TAP saying the horse always had an appetite; if the horse was as “off” as they say he was since the KY derby, why wasn’t a full workup done long before it got bad.

My guess is there would be little breeding interest in the horse right now

Hope they keep him somewhere where the horse can get lots of turnout and maybe a change of trainer.

[skydy]

Of course, we would have set him straight.

Good god man, why do they waste so much time, when they have only to consult with us to know what needs done?

[Where_sMyWhite]

@snaffle1987

I always thought always dreaming looked scraggely, and didn’t seem to mature the way he should have. Despite TAP saying the horse always had an appetite; if the horse was as “off” as they say he was since the KY derby, why wasn’t a full workup done long before it got bad.

My guess is there would be little breeding interest in the horse right now

Hope they keep him somewhere where the horse can get lots of turnout and maybe a change of trainer.

AD was only a three year old… maybe “scraggley” but maybe late maturing?

My guess is there would be some interest as Bodemeister appears to be a hot stallion at the moment.

Winstar is, IMO, a class act. That’s where he’s been sent for a freshening.

Appears to be a fair amount of judgement here about care, diagnostics, training, turnout when we don’t know what was done… :rolleyes:

[snaffle1987]

Not anything about Winstar; they have a great team and seem to rehab horses very well there. But Winstar also turns over stallions at an alarming rate since new management took over. I think they looked over their odds and thought that if they could get another win or two out of him in a G1; he would be more sought after compared to his recent performances.

Ulcers are such an extremely common issue in racehorses that it boggles my mind that these horses in top barns, worth millions of dollars, are not checked more routinely. I had a horse in my barn that just about died of ulcers before it was determined what it actually was (not a racehorse but a pasture pet). So these horses with no turnout, high calorie diets, extensive training, high stress lifestyle; you’d think routine checks would be more common. It is surprising to say the least.