Get Stormy to have ultrasound on right front leg, will skip Fourstardave

TouchOfGrey · #1 07-28-2011, 12:22 PM

I know he has a few fans on here. Hope he's OK!

DRF|Get Stormy to have ultrasound on right front leg, will skip Fourstardave

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“He has a little insult on the outer edge of his right front tendon,” Bush said late Thursday morning. “I don’t know for sure yet what the issue is, it might be nothing, but we have to look at it and be careful so I’m not going to enter him in the race.”

Bush said he had an ultra-sound procedure scheduled for Get Stormy Thursday afternoon.

Sightseek · #2 07-28-2011, 12:51 PM

TouchOfGrey · #3 07-28-2011, 06:52 PM

Update from NYRA's site

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Dual Grade 1 winner Get Stormy will miss the opportunity to defend his Grade 2 Fourstardave title on Sunday after being diagnosed with what appears to be a minor tendon issue, trainer Tom Bush said Thursday afternoon.

"He has a little pimple on the edge of his right front tendon," Bush explained. "It looks very good on ultrasound and I'm not too worried about it. Peritendinous, is how it's described. We'll probably come back after medicating him for a couple of days and re-ultrasound it to make sure, but the tendon itself seems perfectly fine. We want to be conservative. That news is about as good as we could get, even though the timing wasn't great."

OTM Al · #4 07-28-2011, 09:41 PM

I made money on this guy a couple times when he faced absolutely no pace pressure. Any kind of pace he folds like a cheap suit. Get him in a real race like the BC Mile and he shows what he is. Dedicated front runner. If people think this is what passes for great now, the sport is in really bad shape.

TouchOfGrey · #5 07-28-2011, 09:46 PM

I don't think anyone is saying he's great. He's just fun to watch.

OTM Al · #6 07-28-2011, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

I don't think anyone is saying he's great. He's just fun to watch.

Sure, just like Precious Passion was. That was fun to watch and you had to cheer for the guy. He would have tied up with Twirling Candy and both would have crashed and burned and someone like Beau Choix or Turallure runs by the both of them in the stretch. Now it's all set up for TC and if he loses, there is no excuse. Guess I've just been arguing with a guy about him for too long. He told me he was going to beat Goldikova in the BC Mile because he looked so awesome in this race last year. Guess which one finished last.