Bluegrass Cat retired due to pastern injury

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

bro derek returns in two weeks...sweetnorthernsaint is back with his trainer. i don't believe either had a specific injury cited. just needed a break.

I'm almost positive that Brother Derek came out of the Preakness with an injury. . .

[sumitas]

i agree that most injuries occur when an athlete reaches for that something extra.

Originally Posted by hockey2315

I'm almost positive that Brother Derek came out of the Preakness with an injury. . .

from bloodhorse:
After a four-week break, Cecil Pea****'s dual grade 1 winner Brother Derek returned to Santa Anita's main track this past Saturday to begin preparations for a probable start in the $1 million Haskell Invitational Handicap (gr. I) on Aug. 6 at Monmouth Park, trainer Dan Hendricks revealed.
The bay son of Benchmark was given some well-earned time off following back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the May 6 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and May 20 Preakness Stakes (gr. I), his first significant break since being purchased for $275,000 as a Barretts Select 2-year-old in training in March, 2005.

"He'd been in steady training for more than a year since we bought him, so we gave him four weeks off," Hendricks said. "He's very healthy and doing great now. He'll probably work at the end of the month. We're looking forward to running at Monmouth Park."

Hendricks said that Brother Derek spent his off time "just hanging around the barn" and walking the shedrow under an Astride weight belt, which is a device that simulates a rider's weight on a horse's back.

-----I did some double checking to be sure i hadn't missed anything....i know they checked him out after the preakness to make sure there wasn't a problem....nothing was found.

What happened to my Bluegrass Cat front-wraps and breakdown post?...Must have gotten ugly over night and Steve deleted....hilarious....

There is a strong possibility thta there was something pre-existinbg that the barn knew about that caused this breakdown....he was wearing front-wraps for the first time....hmmmmmm