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10-10-2015, 09:17 AM
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Another breakdown at Keeneland
Reported to be a Pletcher horse and rumored to be Rock Fall but not seen verification of the horse yet.
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10-10-2015, 09:25 AM
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It was Rock Fall, per Jennie Rees of the Louisville Courier-Journal .Unbelievably tragic.
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10-10-2015, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
Reported to be a Pletcher horse and rumored to be Rock Fall but not seen verification of the horse yet.
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Cheap shot at Keeneland?
Wait til Aqueduct rolls around make sure you post the breakdowns
Another breakdown at Aqueduct
Sad news of the connections
Last edited by Kash$; 10-10-2015 at 10:05 AM.
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10-10-2015, 10:07 AM
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Do Not Run AP in the Classic!
Four stakes horses break down in a week! While the bear this for our sport is for AP to run in the classic. The absolute worst thing that can happen is for something to happen to him. If something were to happen to him the countdown to the end will start.
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10-10-2015, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Kash$
Cheap shot at Keeneland?
Wait til Aqueduct rolls around make sure you post the breakdowns
Another breakdown at Aqueduct
Sad news of the connections
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Are you just totally oblivious to the fact that 4 horses have died of breakdowns at KEE in the past week, with at least 3 of them (I think all 4) stakes horses? And that $100m in horseflesh are or will be working or racing over that track over the next few weeks, with 2 of those racedays being nationally televised and covered heavily by the press?
You've got some warped thinking if you don't think there is and should be concern about this among trainers, owners, KEE, and the BC and instead think this is a "cheap shot."
Last edited by Fager Fan; 10-10-2015 at 10:29 AM.
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10-10-2015, 10:21 AM
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Who are the other horses besides Rock Fall that have broken down?
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10-10-2015, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by cj
Who are the other horses besides Rock Fall that have broken down?
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Skyring, Tacticus, and Shore Runner.
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10-10-2015, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
Skyring, Tacticus, and Shore Runner.
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Hard to really pin this on the track. One was on turf, one was a horse that had run predominantly on turf on a sloppy track, and two were in training. It is possible something is off, but most likely it is just a bad statistical anomaly. Horses don't break down in neat patterns, evenly over time.
So while worthy of investigating, I doubt it is the track.
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10-10-2015, 10:42 AM
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A lot of rain at KEE this meet probably did not help.
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10-10-2015, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by cj
Hard to really pin this on the track. One was on turf, one was a horse that had run predominantly on turf on a sloppy track, and two were in training. It is possible something is off, but most likely it is just a bad statistical anomaly. Horses don't break down in neat patterns, evenly over time.
So while worthy of investigating, I doubt it is the track.
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I chalked it up to the rain/weather affecting the track last Sat/Sun, but another happening has me concerned that the effect isn't over. Breaking both front ankles is a severe and unusual breakdown yet that's what happened to at least 2 of the three to breakdown on the dirt (Tacticus and Rock Fall). I don't know the exact injury to Shore Runner.
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10-10-2015, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by cj
Hard to really pin this on the track. One was on turf, one was a horse that had run predominantly on turf on a sloppy track, and two were in training. It is possible something is off, but most likely it is just a bad statistical anomaly. Horses don't break down in neat patterns, evenly over time.
So while worthy of investigating, I doubt it is the track.
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Everyone is aware that the breakdowns were on both the dirt and the turf course. Yet, I'm stunned, given this short a period of time, that you're stating this. Really stunned, particularly being stakes horses.
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10-10-2015, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Kash$
Cheap shot at Keeneland?
Wait til Aqueduct rolls around make sure you post the breakdowns
Another breakdown at Aqueduct
Sad news of the connections
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Cheap shot? Don't think so.
You're still relatively new. I promise you, breakdowns at Aqueduct have always been chronicled here. If this place is anything, it's equal opportunity when problems arise.
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10-10-2015, 11:50 AM
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When Del Mar and Aqueduct had problems with breakdowns no one gave them a pass, Keeneland sure as hell shouldn't either. They better at least try a few things to improve the surface before the BC.
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10-10-2015, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by cj
Hard to really pin this on the track. One was on turf, one was a horse that had run predominantly on turf on a sloppy track, and two were in training. It is possible something is off, but most likely it is just a bad statistical anomaly. Horses don't break down in neat patterns, evenly over time.
So while worthy of investigating, I doubt it is the track.
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Betya these 3 dirt deaths would Not have happened on the poly.
Keeneland poly was REALLY SAFE for horses.
Allan
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10-10-2015, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by biggestal99
Betya these 3 dirt deaths would Not have happened on the poly.
Keeneland poly was REALLY SAFE for horses.
Allan
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Styrofoam peanuts are also really safe.
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