Chace City Dies

[blackthroatedwind]

Maybe this is old news.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/82056.html

Simply breaks my heart. I loved this horse.

[Cajungator26]

Very sad news indeed.

RIP.

[blackthroatedwind]

I find the article puzzling as this horse developed a problem right after the Saratoga win, I believe, and the connections were pretty vague about what happened to him. Maybe I am wrong but I feel like Cannon Shell responded to someone asking about this horse a while ago that his career was probably over.

Maybe I am confused, and it was a different horse, but the way this horse disappeared after that big win bothers me.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I find the article puzzling as this horse developed a problem right after the Saratoga win, I believe, and the connections were pretty vague about what happened to him. Maybe I am wrong but I feel like Cannon Shell responded to someone asking about this horse a while ago that his career was probably over.

Maybe I am confused, and it was a different horse, but the way this horse disappeared after that big win bothers me.

Cannon Shell responded to me when I inquired about Chace City. I thought his career was totally over as well. I was a bit puzzled to read that he was training.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Cannon Shell responded to me when I inquired about Chace City. I thought his career was totally over as well. I was a bit puzzled to read that he was training.

Thanks, I thought I remembered that, and I am very dubious that he was training.

[philcski]

Is it just me or does Assmussen have an abnormal number of "disappearances"? Possibly (tangentially) related to reasons a 6 month suspension would be handed down? I think not.

Didn't his leading Derby contender last year go down as well (or am I thinking of someone else?)

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by philcski

Is it just me or does Assmussen have an abnormal number of "disappearances"? Possibly (tangentially) related to reasons a 6 month suspension would be handed down? I think not.

Didn't his leading Derby contender last year go down as well (or am I thinking of someone else?)

Tiz Wonderful is an Assmussen horse.

These scenerios have become as predictable as they have become tiresome.

[Linny]

Originally Posted by philcski

Is it just me or does Assmussen have an abnormal number of "disappearances"? Possibly (tangentially) related to reasons a 6 month suspension would be handed down? I think not.

Didn't his leading Derby contender last year go down as well (or am I thinking of someone else?)

They all have 'em. Speaking of which, where is King of the Roxy? He was a hot ticket for Todd last fall and has not gotten a dot of ink thus far as the articles about the Derby candidates start hitting print. I did hear that Chace City has some pretty serious issues that would likely preclude further racing but it was pretty much hearsay, though I admit it was from a pretty reliable "hearsayer."