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BombsAway Bob
06-20-2010, 06:20 PM
Very sad breakdown of INHALER in 9th@Belmont.
Looked like he was running in spurts on backside,
Ramon looked to be pulling up when Inhaler went down.
Was it a Heart Attack? I've only seen one other horse
fall in that strange way... many years ago, @ Rock.
Accomplice
06-20-2010, 06:36 PM
I thought it might be a heart attack as well. However, after watching the head-on replay on the NYRA website I am pretty sure he broke his front leg. You can see him stand up in the background. Very, very sad.
PhantomOnTour
06-20-2010, 07:04 PM
Ugly. Horse was badly washed out pre race and broke through the gate before the start. Surprised they let him run.

Ramon felt it a few strides before the fall and began to pull up. Looked over his right shoulder and may have warned the jock to his outside that there was trouble.
joanied
06-20-2010, 07:26 PM
Oh, geeze :(
kenwoodall2
06-20-2010, 07:36 PM
Nowadays, since Barbaro, I hate to see any horse WALK out of the gate.
JustRalph
06-20-2010, 07:48 PM
it was the 10th wasn't it ?
smartybadger
06-20-2010, 08:06 PM
it was the 10th wasn't it ?

It was the 10th.
garyoz
06-20-2010, 08:34 PM
Goldberg's horse. He usually brings them back fit. I would think if Ramon felt anything funny in the warm-up he wouldn't have stayed on him. He was riding him aggressively like he was fit, but did try to pull up on the turn, taking out the other cofavorite, who still finished fourth. It was hot today, many reasons for a washout. But, yes, very sad. Makes you wonder about this game.
Cardus
06-20-2010, 10:00 PM
Nowadays, since Barbaro, I hate to see any horse WALK out of the gate.

He didn't "WALK" out of the gate.
kenwoodall2
06-20-2010, 11:32 PM
He didn't "WALK" out of the gate.
I'n talking about the first time, when he was put back in.
ALostTexan
06-21-2010, 01:10 AM
I thought it might be a heart attack as well. However, after watching the head-on replay on the NYRA website I am pretty sure he broke his front leg. You can see him stand up in the background. Very, very sad.

There is nothing that makes me doubt this sport more than seeing a horse that has suffered a catastrophic injury who gets up and tries to keep running. It is the most horrific thing to see, and I have seen the biggest, most macho guys brought to tears from the scene.
Shelby
06-21-2010, 10:20 AM
:(:(:(
lamboguy
06-21-2010, 10:39 AM
all breakdowns in this game are tragic.
joanied
06-21-2010, 10:51 AM
all breakdowns in this game are tragic.

Exactly.
:(
born2ride
06-21-2010, 11:00 AM
So sad, :( . RIP Inhaler.
The_Knight_Sky
06-21-2010, 11:18 AM
Goldberg's horse. He usually brings them back fit.

I would think if Ramon felt anything funny in the warm-up he wouldn't have stayed on him.




The horse's record had long layups and other red flags.

The drop to race with a tag was highly questionable in light of the works
at Colts Neck stable. IF those works are to be believed.
PhantomOnTour
06-21-2010, 11:22 AM
For some reason, I am really pissed about this breakdown. It is unfair for me to point a finger, but when you have a trainer go on a 6 week tear like Goldberg, whose runners all come back firing (and I mean FIRING...most going wire to wire) and then one goes down like that....eeeeeeuuuuwww. Makes me wonder.