One for the Seinfeld fans

Featuring Mr Bevilaqua and Superman Jerry, who chose not to run!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPiEicc59s

Lordy wrote:

A horse will tell you when they don't want to race any more. He's sending a clear message to connections. Hopefully they acknowledge it.

Regardless of how many experts & specialist say there's nothing wrong with him, I had a top racing vet tell me off the record, that they believe & accept >50% of starters are SUBclinically sore.
How may times have we been xrayed or ultrasounded for pain which didn't show up? They're no different. He's worked out racing = pain, stay in gates = no pain. The horse has earned millions, do they NEED to squeeze an extra few thousand from him at HIS expense?

I agree also Tlaz, he's lost at least 2lens on his best, this last race prep. despite winning a TJ Smith & whilst he's always settled back, he's now close to tailing off early.

We know animals have evolved to continually push thru' the pain barrier in order to survive, whether it be as prey or predator, fleeing or chasing, so it makes perfect sense for race horses to endure this also & they do, evidenced by studies showing 90% of sport horses bleed in the lungs.
However, the smart ones at whatever level, eventually work out a way to evade this e.g. the so called 'milk drinkers', barrier rogues etc., some finding whip use lessens as they drop out of contention, cause & effect, they're not all stupid.
The stoic 'honest Johns' tend to disregard warning signs & are generally the ones who break down, often catastrophically.
Well, that's my take on the subject, so whilst I hope he'll be gracefully retired, I suspect the Hawkes camp will see this as a challenge they can overcome Smile

Edited by Gay3 - 08 Mar 2018 at 2:10pm

Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!

TJMitchell wrote:

Gee Gee wrote:

Send him to Victoria, they don't trial their horses.

Actually most do, you just have to go looking and even then they're hard to find

Rubbish. It’s a plain and simple format. Jump onto the net and you’ll find it with about three clicks

Fact or opinion Sir Gov?

Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!

Definitely going to Robbie Laing.

The Pony has hoof issues, pure and simple.

As a sufferer of Collagenous Colitis a running start for the trots is a welcome start indeed.

the solution is simple...get Wayne Hawkes behind it and when the gates open he kicks it as hard as he can up the clacker .The horse won't even touch the ground for 200 metres.

Leaving it very late if he was to miraculously run next Friday night

Shawy38 wrote:

Leaving it very late if he was to miraculously run next Friday night

He needs 2 trials anyhow, doesn’t he?

Chautauqua runs out of time for G1

Posted by: AAP + at 7:00am on 16/3/2018

Chautauqua has run out of time to make his return in the William Reid Stakes with the champion sprinter missing a jump-out at Flemington.

After refusing thee times to leave the barriers in trials in Sydney, Chautauqua has been ordered to trial twice before he races again.

One of those was to be in a jump-out at Flemington on Friday but Hawkes Racing decided instead send him to the Cranbourne trials on Monday, four days before the Group One William Reid at Moonee Valley.

“Chautauqua is very well in himself but we have decided that he will NOT Jump Out @FlemingtonVRC He will now have an Official Barrier trial on Monday 18th March @CranTurfClub” Hawkes Racing said on Twitter.

The seven-year-old has won the TJ Smith Stakes a record three times and will be aimed at the 1200m-race again at Randwick on April 7.

http://www.unnamedwebsite.com.au/news/australian-racing/chautauqua-to-bypass-flemington-jump-out/437902

Just Horse Racing...I think it is verboten on this site

Stood.

That is a replay of this morning's trial

Enough is enough, he clearly doesn’t want to be a racehorse anymore. Stop forcing him