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04-12-2010, 11:46 AM
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Odysseus has bone chip
Bone Chip Sidelines Odysseus
Bloodhorse.com
By Evan Hammonds
Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 11:40 AM
Odysseus, who finished last under Rajiv Maragh as the 5-1 co-third choice in the April 10 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) has a bone chip in his front left knee according to owner Satish Sanan.
“It’s a bit unusual, it’s rare to have a chip in the back of the knee,” Sanan said. “He must have hyper-extended himself in the race.”
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04-12-2010, 12:42 PM
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This sucks...I wouldn't have placed him anywhere for the Derby, but thought he'd play a part in the Preakness...strange place for a knee chip...in any event, hope they get it outta there and he'll be back to racing sometime this summer...kind of an interesting colt.
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04-12-2010, 12:53 PM
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Yea I agree... He was pretty much a derby toss for me. Hopefully he will bounce back in good form.
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04-12-2010, 01:17 PM
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I was just about ready to remove him from my Kentucky Derby list—don't have to worry about that now.
Hopefully he will be okay and we will see him a little later in the year.
Noble's Promise was scoped with mucous after the Arkansas Derby...McPeek in today's New York Post—he said he is 50/50 for the Derby.
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04-12-2010, 03:08 PM
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Odysseus has bone chip
hopefully he doesn't have pain, and gets healed up fast and back to the races at his best!
He really did everything right. He was a lot like Drosselmeyer-light, in that he changed leads with fine balance, was fairly game, and even showed he could run inside horses. He was the type that if he got a performance enhancing "move-up" he could have been dangerous in a graded stakes. (in that way similar to "First Dude")
hope to see Odysseus healthy soon 
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04-12-2010, 08:15 PM
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Imagine that.....getting injured on the "ultra safe" synthetic surface at Keeneland.
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04-12-2010, 10:21 PM
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I guess that leaves US racing on the outside, huh?
Boggles the mind.
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04-12-2010, 10:36 PM
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Shame. I was looking forward to seeing him destroy Eskendereya in KD
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04-13-2010, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Charlie D
Shame. I was looking forward to seeing him destroy Eskendereya in KD
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well lets hope he heals fine before we poke fun.
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04-13-2010, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Charlie D
Shame. I was looking forward to seeing him destroy Eskendereya in KD
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he just might have......maybe in the Travers instead
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04-13-2010, 04:24 AM
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I suppose i'll have to rely on Lookin, Super Saver, Sydneys Candy etc to do demolition job in KD now easite 
Last edited by Charlie D; 04-13-2010 at 04:26 AM.
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04-13-2010, 10:54 AM
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I remember they were talking about him acting up a little before the race on NBC, I think it was Donna who noticed it. And he seemed to be fighting things throughout. He just wasn't right that day.
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04-13-2010, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Valuist
Imagine that.....getting injured on the "ultra safe" synthetic surface at Keeneland.
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well you know how horseplayers/master equine veterinarians/surface experts like to wax poetic, "he was so game he would have injured himself on heavens clouds..."
hopefully he gets well soon.
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