Sailor's Cap Dies: UPDATE-Colitis-X blamed..
 

Very unfortunate. Spiked a fever, apparently, on Tuesday and collapsed in his stall early this morning.

very sad.:(

Very sad indeed. He looked prmed to have a solid season. Apart from his Hollywood Derby he never ran a poor race. Sad for Toner as this colt could really have boosted his barn.

awful


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Very sad indeed.

Toner sounded so happy during his interview with Steve on Monday.

My deepest sympathies go out to the stable.

Very unfortunate.... Hate to see horses go...

Was hoping for big things out of him this year. A buddy and I bet him when he won at Kee. Had followed him since then. Very Sad.

My most sympathetic redboard ever.:tro:

That sucks

That blows. RIP.

Holy sh*t. What a shame

Wow, that is unbelievable, RIP.

Wow that's terrible

Devastating.............was looking forward to more of him this year.

Another example of the highs and the lows, and boy do they come fast. My condolences to all of the connections.

Horrible news...

i was very shocked when i saw the news-my condolences. hate to see things like that happen.

Wow. Incredibly unfortunate.

Terrible news :( had a nice score with him in last Sunday's Poker Stakes and was looking forward to seeing him run at the Spa......RIP

I too was looking forward to keeping up with him this summer. Sad to hear.

What a tragedy....
 

Toner was so happy on the show the other day, that is awful news.:(
Condolences.

Necropsy result tags virulent and deadly Colitis-X as the villain in the death of Sailor's Cap. A horrible and unpredictable strain. As talked about last week when speculating on Colitis-X as the culprit, my friends at Pont St. Stables lost Tap the Admiral the same way, though Del Carroll and the vets fought three weeks to save him before he succumbed. Very sad.

Sailor's Cap Necropsy Identifies Colitis-X
By Dan Liebman

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...fies-colitis-x

The initial necropsy report on Team Valor’s Sailor's Cap, who died suddenly in his stall three days after winning the June 14 Poker Stakes (gr. IIIT), showed that he died of probable cardiac arrest caused by colitis-X.

According to The Horse magazine (thehorse.com), Merck Veterinary Manual says colitis-X is a peracute, fatal disease of horses that is "characterized by sudden onset of profuse watery diarrhea and development of hypovolemic shock (a condition where there are abnormally low levels of blood plasma in the body, such that the body is unable to properly maintain blood pressure, cardiac output of blood, and normal amounts of fluid in the tissues). Many affected horses have a history of stress. The cause of colitis-X is unknown, although multiple causes have been proposed, including peracute salmonellosis, clostridial enterocolitis, and endotoxemia."

I could have saved the poor blastard with a handful of my Asacol

Those all sound terrible. RIP.