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Originally Posted by Danzig
I am not sure how long after the wobbler was born that they euthanized him. But yeah, lotta kim doesnt get pregnant easily.
As for rachel, i am somewhat surprised that people are saying she has had complications with both foals. They took her to the clinic last year for pain-if thats a complication, then every animal who has ever given birth has had complications.
Perhaps many who are posting on drf, etc, just dont realize how treacherous life off the track can be.
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Probably true. They think horses are mainly at risk because of the big bad people making them run all the time. I saw someone on youtube saying they were glad that Genuine Risk's foals didn't make it to the track because they were spared the risk of death they'd most certainly face out there since, as we all know, racing = doom. Pretty much that Barbaro and Ruffian were the horses they knew about so tragedy must be the norm.
The thing is, I'm not sure if last year was bruising or what. "Pain management" is really vague. Something happened that doesn't seem to be public. She came home after 3 days or so, though, so whatever it was didn't require surgery. It makes you think that maybe there was bruising but she just got over the pain of it, then when it happened again they felt they had to address it because this time there's an infection.
When both times she foals there are complications, it's gonna make you squirm about what could happen in the future. The PR would be terrible if she were bred again, had natural foaling, then died from complications because they had a hint this might happen. People keep talking about how they hope they'll just stop breeding her, but foaling complications can be dealt with if they're willing to do things like C-sections. Maybe have her foal AT Rood and Riddle so she could be watched and moved directly into surgery if need be.