Bluegrass Cat retired due to pastern injury

[irishtrekker]

AUGH!!!

I can't come up with anything else to say, frankly.

[Betsy]

Oh that really stinks. Racing would drive me to drink if I liked to drink......I felt bad for BC yesterday, trying his heart out against a superior opponent. He was such a nice horse, gutty and talented. Does this mean he was injured during the running of the Travers or does the fact that he cooled off well mean it happened sometime afterwards?

Just when racing is on a high after this weekend, something like this happens. Sigh.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Oh that really stinks. Racing would drive me to drink if I liked to drink......I felt bad for BC yesterday, trying his heart out against a superior opponent. He was such a nice horse, gutty and talented. Does this mean he was injured during the running of the Travers or does the fact that he cooled off well mean it happened sometime afterwards?

Just when racing is on a high after this weekend, something like this happens. Sigh.

no doubt it happened in the race. not something that would show up immediately. that's why they always say lets' see how they come out of the race. too often you put up the horse that night and he's fine, come back the next morning early, and stiffness has set in...

[Danzig]

and i'd imagine pletcher is absolutely beside himself. winstar dragged him into that race yesterday kicking and screaming. i appreciate that they wanted to be sporting...but pletcher isn't into running back that quick. and now this.

it's a damn shame. that horse was absolutely heading in the right direction--at least he's in the record books for his haskell. future races will be compared to his....

good luck in your next career cat. that guys going to be a hot commodity. succesful at two and three.

That sucks man....I liked this horse too.....he was all heart..always tried to the wire....when he got his heart broken by Bernardini he must have been trying and over-extending himself and it caused injury....sucks...

After Elliott Walden's interview at the Haskell I was under the impression that a wet fart gone wrong would send this horse into retirement.

I didn't like him being rushed back on the track so soon and he definitely looked like a tired horse yesterday. What a shame. Have a good retirement, big guy.

[miraja2]

He was a good one. 4 graded stakes victories is a nice career, and in the two biggest races of the year for 3yo (Kentucky Derby and Travers Stakes) he ran big races. He just happened to come up against two superhorses (Barbaro and Bernardini) in those races, and so settled for nice seconds in both.

[jpops757]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

After Elliott Walden's interview at the Haskell I was under the impression that a wet fart gone wrong would send this horse into retirement.

I didn't like him being rushed back on the track so soon and he definitely looked like a tired horse yesterday. What a shame. Have a good retirement, big guy.

The quick urnaround is one thing but looking like a tired horse, give me a break. The winner of the race makes all look like tired horses. BC ran a very nice race and was very game he just got beat by the best horse. Anyone saying they could tell something was wrong are just sounding of after the fact. This could have very well compromised his effort but it sure didnt look that way.

Its the chance that you take when you run one back off 20 days rest and a lifetime top number.
I'm sure that the Oliver Stone conspiracy club will be on here soon, explaining to us all that they made up an excuse and doctored the x-rays and that hes really fine and dandy, etc.

I think its a damn shame. His Haskell was really quite nice, and he might have been a beautiful four year old.
Best wishes to him in his stud career.

[ArlJim78]

The best you can say is that at least he made it back from the race and will survive. Too bad though. What a nice career he had.