Geaux Rocket Ride

[dilanesp]

I jumped the gun on this before, but it is official now. How very sad-- he could run.

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[barbaro123]

Originally Posted by dilanesp

I jumped the gun on this before, but it is official now. How very sad-- he could run.

https://twitter.com/PinOakStud/statu...55234682663214

I can't stop crying-- the injury was just too severe- Mike Smith gave GRR a chance at life when he quickly dismounted and held the horse's leg up--the best vets in the country tended to him and did everything humanly possible to save his life, but it was not to be. Rest In Peace beautiful one- you are loved by so many.

[GMB@BP]

This is a tough game filled with many more lows than highs. You know you have been around it a long time when you become numb to news such as this.

[classhandicapper]

We lost a couple of horses with a ton of potential this week.

[Robert Fischer]

Very unfortunate.

From the news releases that I skimmed, it seems the already low% surgery + recovery hopes did not go as well as hoped, either. At that point, I'm glad they did the right thing.

[Not4Love]

In the HANDS OF ANOTHER SANTA ANITA TRAINER.

[bisket]

In the San Felipe he finished second to Practical Move who had been training and racing for 9 months. Rocket’s first work was in November. He had been training 3 1/2 months and won a maiden. Rocket finished a few lengths off Parctical Move’s new 3 year best time for 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita. He convincingly won The Haskell. He was coming into this race perfect. It’s a shame we’ll never see what kind of talent he had.

[PalaceOfFortLarned]

Originally Posted by classhandicapper

We lost a couple of horses with a ton of potential this week.

Most definitely did.

Not a great couple of weeks leading into this BC weekend.