Foal With One Eye

[citycat]

A buddy of mine has a mare who foaled this past weekend. He said the foal was a healthy colt but did not have a left eye. There was just a slit there. I didnt know quite what to say. He seemed ok with it and I have know of horses that have run with only one eye but I kinda thought they didnt have an eye due to some kind of injury.

Anyone heard of this? I didnt want to sound crass and ask a stupid question but I know he said he still has to pay the stud fee.

[3kings]

Originally Posted by citycat

A buddy of mine has a mare who foaled this past weekend. He said the foal was a healthy colt but did not have a left eye. There was just a slit there. I didnt know quite what to say. He seemed ok with it and I have know of horses that have run with only one eye but I kinda thought they didnt have an eye due to some kind of injury.

Anyone heard of this? I didnt want to sound crass and ask a stupid question but I know he said he still has to pay the stud fee.

Can I suggest the name Cyclops.

[citycat]

Not to make fun but I was thinking of "Sight Unseen"

[Scav]

Originally Posted by citycat

Not to make fun but I was thinking of "Sight Unseen"

I love it, you should reserve that right away

[Rudeboyelvis]

An aquaintance of mine has a Standardbred that was born the same way - he's banked close to 300K.

Mr. One Eyed Jack - runs @ Saratoga Harness

[northeastbound123]

how about one eyed joker, the horse was o.k. think he won a claiming crown race if i remember correctly

[citycat]

About the only horse I remember was Pollard's Vision who I thought only had sight in one eye. My buddy said there was a derby horse in the 80's.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by citycat

About the only horse I remember was Pollard's Vision who I thought only had sight in one eye. My buddy said there was a derby horse in the 80's.

Storm in May is completely blind in one eye - cornea ruptured during birth. Was in the Derby two years ago.

[KirisClown]

Real Connection.. the millionairess from the 90s had one eye...

[dellinger63]

Found this interesting

Lexington was born in 1850 at the farm of Dr. Elisha Warfield, a prominent physician, horseman and entrepreneur who treated Mary Todd Lincoln’s mother, was a friend of Henry Clay and became known as “the father of the Kentucky turf.”

Lexington, originally named Darley, won six of his seven starts, becoming the third-leading money-winner up to that time. He was retired to stud in 1855 because he was going blind and stood for 20 years at Nantura and Woodburn farms near Midway.

As a stud, Lexington was taken out of Kentucky only twice — to St. Louis for an exhibition in 1859 and to Illinois for safe-keeping in 1865, when Confederates were raiding Kentucky horse farms.

Lexington was the nation’s leading sire for a record 16 years, and many of his offspring became top sires. The blind horse fathered 600 foals, more than 200 of whom became winners. His descendants included Aristides, the first winner of the Kentucky Derby.

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:...&ct=clnk&gl=us

[Theatrical]

Originally Posted by citycat

About the only horse I remember was Pollard's Vision who I thought only had sight in one eye. My buddy said there was a derby horse in the 80's.

That might be Cassaleria.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by citycat

A buddy of mine has a mare who foaled this past weekend. He said the foal was a healthy colt but did not have a left eye. There was just a slit there. I didnt know quite what to say. He seemed ok with it and I have know of horses that have run with only one eye but I kinda thought they didnt have an eye due to some kind of injury.

Anyone heard of this? I didnt want to sound crass and ask a stupid question but I know he said he still has to pay the stud fee.

Some blind / half blind horses...

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...ghlight=vision

Good luck to your friends horse!