Summer Bird Injured; (12/4) Surgery goes well
 

At Hanshin:

http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/su...ured-in-japan/

NT

That's a tough break for Tim Ice and Dr. J. Glad to hear the horse is okay relatively speaking.

Awesome f@#$ing news.

That sucks!

dang synthetics claim another one

Done enough

Hate to say I told you so, but....

Y Fukunaga

This isn't life threatening but I assume it's career threatening right? Poor Tim. Not the greatest way to punctuate a year. How soon before you load SB up into a plane and get him home? Is it just a matter of bandages and tranquilizers?

Yeah, that's pretty much my feeling. The ONE 3yo (male) I was really excited for next year for.
But the word on DRF isn't as bad as what we had originally thought...
http://www.drf.com/news/article/109237.html

no big deal just 4 months or so

Good he is (supposedly) OK. But, personally, I was never excited about him. I was just praying he wouldn't embarrass the U.S. In fact, I think it is pathetic he will win an Eclipse award. He is barely above average.

"Summer Bird is a leading candidate for 3-year-old champion. He has won 4 of 9 starts and $2,323,040."

4 of 9 gets you an Eclipse? I would like to submit RA for DNA testing so she can get the 3yo award also.

When three of those four are the Belmont, Travers and JCGC, yeah, that'll usually get you an Eclipse. Personally I love the way the horse was brought along and am disheartened to see this happen. Hopefully he'll still be back at 4.

Someone should do there homework a little better. :rolleyes: A bone chip is not a fracture. This report is like reading the National Inquire.

That's what you get in the age of twitter.

If he enjoys what he does then maybe we'll see him next summer .

i agree , this horse did not even race until spring. maiden win to graded stakes. how can anyone think hes not deserving, hes clearly the best 3 yo colt and probably would be the best horse next year. this really sucks.....

Shocking. It's such a good course.

You mean like Tiger Woods is in serious condition, when in reality, he just got his ass kicked by his wife after he was caught cheating on her?

I don't know. The first report was pretty detailed if the quotes are accurate. Wasn't Tim Ice on the scene?

Not sure if the owner was in Japan as well, but he certainly didn't offer up as much info as Ice did.

Of course, there's always the possibility that he suffered both injuries.

Yup. I'm looking forward to the canned statement that comes out of that household where, undoubtedly, they're getting their stories straight at this very moment. Still time to formulate more jokes--any involving the word "driver" have apparently been done, I think the next should involve Tiger's distraction+wreck happening because his wife forgot to yell "fore!" before she nailed his back window with the club. Just a thought.

I'm glad SB's injury isn't as bad as we thought, and I hope he's still on target for a 4yo campaign, in part because he's a nice horse, but also because I like good things happening for Tim Ice. Fingers crossed. SB still gets a chance to try to be the best horse Kent Desormeaux rode!

A bone chip is a fracture.

The one that was reported and required screws? Technically it is a chip fracture, but seldom separate in the joint.

Ok chip FRACTURE , you win its a fracture.

Nobody wins here, just a bad reporting job. Maybe they can do better with following Tiger Woods.

Is it displaced or not ?

It appears to be displaced, as the connections are reporting possible removal of what looks like a small pea.

An update has been posted at Paulick Report.

http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/su...-return-to-us/

For those critical of the reporting on this, please understand that there is a language barrier on several levels that created some confusion.

Tim Ice was led to believe by the Japan Racing Association's translator on the scene that it was a small chip, which is the information he conveyed to his owners, who were not at Hanshin. When a couple of other writers spoke with owner Dr. K.K. Jayaraman, he relayed the information he was given at the time, which wasn't quite accurate.

When Tim saw the X rays himself (they were the old fashioned style, not digital, so it took a little time for him to get a look at them), he realized that it was a vertical fracture--not displaced or comminuted--but more of a hairline fracture. That's what I reported. It will require surgery and a screw to help mend the bone, but he said the vet in the U.S. who also had a chance to look at the X rays said the surgery would be quite simple and the prognosis good.

The other writers did nothing wrong and I don't think it's fair to say it's National Enquirer style reporting or journalism in the age of Twitter--as a couple of you did. Anyone who worked on this story was only trying to get the news out to their readers, and I don't think anyone took any shortcuts. The language barrier can be a real problem in Japan, and this was a good example.

There's a lot you can criticize us for, but I don't think this is one of those occasions.

How is it not fair? You wanted to be the first to report the news and you did. Congrats. Look, I feel bad for Summer Bird and Tim Ice, but maybe the world could have survived without the news until the facts were more accurate. The "language barrier" is a lame excuse. Tweet on, and welcome to the board.

I agree herkoff.

Personally, I don't believe anything until the avatars change.

Should we go after that Pincay radio tribute next?

I'm not sure what you are saying was inaccurate in the original post at Paulick Report. Summer Bird was injured, it was a fracture to his right foreleg, and not lilfe threatening. But please feel free to have the last word.

Rosetta Stone

Well most story's in horse racing don't end happy. He is thru off to the shed.. 15k advertised or 20k?

20 though depending on where he goes maybe a bit more. Not for me at any price.

Summer Bird needs surgery for fracture
 

Summer Bird needs surgery for fracture

I hope his surgery is successful. I'd like to see him run next year.

Head to Lexington around August you will see him in a Paddock running around for a few hours a day. There is zero chance he runs again..

One thing about breeding..You never know.. You thought Tapit or Speightstown were going to be the future? I never thought Smarty would be a complete bust..Maybe not great but a complete BUST?

Speightstown? His horses seem to have distance limitations...and they improve on turf.

I guess he has a home as long as the BC Turf Sprint is around.

Making the truth is ok, I accept the sly apology, I think