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Old 08-16-2010, 05:25 PM
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I'm not sure if you can or should compare a human athlete with an equine one.

But take Jahvid Best - the best running back in the Pac 10 last year. He gets a concussion and they don't even let him practice .. let alone play or even suit up for a single game for the final 8 weeks of the season.

As hard as this horse (he's the 1A) hit the top of his head on the gate less than a week prior to his workout - I'm pretty surprised he didn't get a concussion.

horses have incredibly thick skulls and incredibly small brains...they shake off stuff that would have a human in the hospital. i would be far more concerned with a neck or back strain after something like that, than i would a concussion.
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Old 08-16-2010, 05:37 PM
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horses have incredibly thick skulls and incredibly small brains...they shake off stuff that would have a human in the hospital. i would be far more concerned with a neck or back strain after something like that, than i would a concussion.
I see.

My grandfather eventually died from basically grazing his head on a harmless looking table when he fell backwards. He seemed perfectly fine at the hospital and they made it sound like he was only kept for precautionary reasons. The next days he's in a coma - and dead maybe ten days later.

It seemed like a pretty vicious shot to the head that horse took... but I really don't know anything about horses with that kind of stuff.
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Old 08-16-2010, 05:39 PM
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I see.

My grandfather eventually died from basically grazing his head on a harmless looking table when he fell backwards. He seemed perfectly fine at the hospital and they made it sound like he was only kept for precautionary reasons. The next days he's in a coma - and dead maybe ten days later.

It seemed like a pretty vicious shot to the head that horse took... but I really don't know anything about horses with that kind of stuff.
Was he on blood thinner medications? My grandfather died exactly the same way except he fell out of bed. Was fine the rest of the day. In a coma and gone the next.
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Old 08-16-2010, 06:52 PM
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Was he on blood thinner medications? My grandfather died exactly the same way except he fell out of bed. Was fine the rest of the day. In a coma and gone the next.
He took a ton of pills everyday for as long as I can remember. Was still very sharp mentally into his mid 80's and drove everywhere - constantly bitching about how bad others drive.

He and his company's workers built over a hundred houses in Erie. He retired at about age 50. That's basically how my father was able to get such a big stable of horses to train in the 70's and 80's - even though he probably never touched a horse in his life prior to getting his license.

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Old 08-16-2010, 06:27 PM
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I didn't see what happened and I am viewing this on my phone so its tiny...the back of the head is vulnerable in a horse...otherwise they are tough bastards.

Sorry bout your grandad...not sure they compare though.
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I see.

My grandfather eventually died from basically grazing his head on a harmless looking table when he fell backwards. He seemed perfectly fine at the hospital and they made it sound like he was only kept for precautionary reasons. The next days he's in a coma - and dead maybe ten days later.

It seemed like a pretty vicious shot to the head that horse took... but I really don't know anything about horses with that kind of stuff.
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Old 08-16-2010, 06:58 PM
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Sorry bout your grandad...not sure they compare though.
Thanks. I hear ya, they most likely don't.

Maybe the horse might compare with the best running back in my high school growing up - he died on July 4th from a heroin overdose. The people who's house he died in tried to convince everyone it was from training for a triathlon.
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Old 08-16-2010, 07:03 PM
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imagine that someone on the saratoga racetrack without a license. i wonder if they did a green card search this year??
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Old 08-16-2010, 07:11 PM
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There have been three nasty incidents during training hours right at the wire this meet... a Benzel, a Hennig, and a Pletcher
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Old 08-16-2010, 07:15 PM
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There have been three nasty incidents during training hours right at the wire this meet... a Benzel, a Hennig, and a Pletcher
And who is at the top of that family tree?
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