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07-27-2007, 06:20 PM
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I'm thinkin' of doing tarot card readings, palms, and clover quests ( 4 leafs only). I didn't have R2R in the Belmont either. Hence the discounts I'm offering on the other prognostications. Dang! I need to adjust my turban again, and this star robe is getting a bit warm in the summer heat. Don't worry, I'll perservere. On a side note... What exactly don't some folks not understand about having a GR I winner and not wanting to risk future injury? Make nice babies Rags. I predict the first one will be a colt. pm me if you want a very special deal on "lucky" horse shoes. I'm overstocked. 
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07-27-2007, 06:22 PM
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I think they obviously found something, and the question now is what they want to do about it.
Can you think of something that causes a fever, then possibly lethargy/stumbling?
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07-27-2007, 06:57 PM
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good point riot. neuro damage?
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07-27-2007, 07:18 PM
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If she's in foal, and I really don't know, she must have been bred close up to the Belmont, and I really don't think so. A May or June mating makes for a late foal. Could this be morning sickness? I dunno. None of mine ever showed that, but, heck, they're female horses that don't speak English too well. Spanish, sometimes, but then again, it takes an expert to understand what they're saying. I also think we've seen the last of her on the track, but I'll be watching for the stallion that she's booked to come Dec or Jan. Then...later. I hope she makes a nice baby. For sure, it will sell huge.
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07-27-2007, 07:26 PM
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When asked a while back if something was wrong with her, Pletcher replied "not yet". From that point on, nothing else is weird with this situation.
I don't know why they would need to because she is their property and they can retire her anytime they feel like it....but I have gotten the feeling that they have been looking for something to be wrong with her since she crossed the line first in the Belmont. First, Tabor says that he's "always felt she was just that much better than anything else".....then instead of moving forward, they wanted to take backwards steps and go back to facing 3yo fillies again. Looking at everything that's happened since then, it seems to me that they are looking for an out. Maybe it's so that they don't get villified in the press for retiring a perfectly healthy 3yo star filly?
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07-27-2007, 07:41 PM
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 (Outdated but interesting laws department: it's illegal to breed horses in public in downtown Lexington, KY, apparently that was quite a serious problem 130 years or so ago ....) Unfortunately, there's obviously a bit of something amiss (I could think of multiple things that fit the little information we, as the public, have) - let's hope it's nothing much at all, and she can get back to the races as soon as possible!
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07-27-2007, 08:57 PM
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07-27-2007, 09:13 PM
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07-27-2007, 08:23 PM
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Lyme disease.Because of her value, I would assume she is vaccinated against every horse disease.
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07-27-2007, 10:26 PM
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but I am NOT saying I think she might have it.
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07-27-2007, 10:38 PM
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I know. Even the dog vaccine is only 75% effective. We treat alot of horses for lyme disease in the northeast. Just figure it's more probable than pregnancy. Easily treated with Doxycycline though.
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07-27-2007, 10:51 PM
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yeah....my dog has tested positive for it....most likely my horse would too if I bothered to run a test. Ticks are miserable in New England.
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07-27-2007, 10:55 PM
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I vaccinate my dogs against it and use Bio-spot on Nikki, the one I hike with. I don't like to use it on my 3 older ones so I just spray them before we go in the woods.
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