http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/213472/snowden-found-dead-after-prospects-breakdown
This poor gal couldn’t live with the loss of her beloved Chili, and took her own life…
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This poor gal couldn’t live with the loss of her beloved Chili, and took her own life…[/QUOTE]
At the risk of sounding tacky in the face of what I think is so very tragic, the owner had already made arrangements to sell The Chili Man after the race.
To me, what would be one of the hard parts of racing, dealing with a tragic breakdown… 
I imagine the pain of losing her star combined with all the horrid things people say on social media when something like this happens was just too much to handle. I had one horse break down in over 20 years of training but it was definitely one too many and something I never really got over. If I had strangers saying awful things to me when I was doing my best to deal with it I don’t know how I would have handled it.
Laurierace, I would agree. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to, as a trainer, send out a horse and have it break down. I wonder every single time I see the track vet standing behind the starting gate how they feel when a horse breaks down.
I love racing and yet hurt every time I see it happen on the track and I’m just sitting at home watching it on TV
And yes, the general public can be very nasty… heck even the more horse knowledgable can be nasty in their comments. Social media seems to, IMO, to give people the feeling they can speak their mind without having to see any visual consequences to the words they use and they don’t see the pain in the readers’ eyes
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I imagine the pain of losing her star combined with all the horrid things people say on social media when something like this happens was just too much to handle. I had one horse break down in over 20 years of training but it was definitely one too many and something I never really got over. If I had strangers saying awful things to me when I was doing my best to deal with it I don’t know how I would have handled it.[/QUOTE]
I’m one and done too. And mine didn’t fall - the rider got her pulled up safely and she eventually went to be a mom. It was still awful. If my trainer or vet has the slightest doubt about my horse’s soundness, they stay in the barn. Not that you can actually predict some of the injuries. Sometimes they just happen.
I know that sometimes they just happen with no real apparent reason but must still hurt incredibly anyway.
To my mind, shows that you do care about them (and yes, I know the vast majority do).
The Jockey who was riding the horse has now announced his retirement. all the best to those connected…
Jay Hodvey wrote this. This truly is a dream turning to darkness. Very sad, but life is precious and as Kathy Ritvo suggests everyday is a good day. No matter what.
http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/17114614/dream-dissolves-ultimate-darkness
RIP to them both. This is making me cry and I’m at work. So sad, so sorry.
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I’m one and done too. And mine didn’t fall - the rider got her pulled up safely and she eventually went to be a mom. It was still awful. If my trainer or vet has the slightest doubt about my horse’s soundness, they stay in the barn. Not that you can actually predict some of the injuries. Sometimes they just happen.[/QUOTE]
Mine didn’t fall either but he broke his seasamoids and ruptured his suspensories. I am going to ignore the potential dig that my horse possibly should have stayed in the barn because of course he should have but not because I had the slightest doubt about his soundness but because shit did happen as it sometimes does.
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Mine didn’t fall either but he broke his seasamoids and ruptured his suspensories. I am going to ignore the potential dig that my horse possibly should have stayed in the barn because of course he should have but not because I had the slightest doubt about his soundness but because shit did happen as it sometimes does.[/QUOTE]
Nope, no dig at all. I’m trying to point out that it can happen to anyone at any time. I know for a fact that my horse had absolutely no symptoms of unsoundness and she still broke down. I believe you are the same. But I do know of owners who’s response to a physical problem is to drop them and get rid of them.
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http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/213472/snowden-found-dead-after-prospects-breakdown
This poor gal couldn’t live with the loss of her beloved Chili, and took her own life…[/QUOTE]
I just reread the article, and this is a quote.
“The King County Sheriff’s Office, which discovered Snowden’s body Monday, is still investigating her death and the King County Medical Examiner’s office reported July 20 that the cause and manner of her death is pending that investigation.”
