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Mackenzie · Mar 11, 2014

Thunder Bolt said:
Broken legs can be treated but horses are a commodity that have to be earning. If they can't race then it's easier to shoot them.

Yes and no. A splint bone injury can be treated, but other leg bone injuries are more difficult. A horse can't take the weight off of its leg, they don't heal.

Our old commodities have either been re-homed or are living the life of riley with muggins here at their beck and call....although as you say it would have been much easier, cheaper, less time consuming and ultimately soul destroying to shoot them.

Uncle Spielberg · Mar 11, 2014

Mustafa said:
Can they? As far as I'm aware horses cannot recover from broken legs and so it will always mean the end of any horse, not just ones that race.

Seabiscuit.

vegster · Mar 11, 2014

Thunder Bolt said:
There was a famous stallion who broke his leg and was treated so that he could be put to stud. I don't follow racing so can't remember his name but he was valuable for siring foals as he'd won a few classics.

Mill Reef. He was a real star,a fantastic horse with a wonderful personality and,hadn't been gelded, which saved his life and allowed him to spend the rest of his days rogering.

Raleigh Chopper · Mar 11, 2014

Wellesley said:
So many racehorses come to a sticky end......

..... in a glue factory.

knocky1 · Mar 11, 2014

Race horses have a better life than battery farmed chickens and other farmed meat. I trust you sentimentalists are vegetarian or at best only eat paleolithic meat.

Thunder Bolt · Mar 11, 2014

vegster said:
Mill Reef. He was a real star,a fantastic horse with a wonderful personality and,hadn't been gelded, which saved his life and allowed him to spend the rest of his days rogering.

That's the one, thanks.

TSB · Mar 11, 2014

John Bumlick said:
I hope you get hit by a car and then shot in the head. I'm sure your family will be upset but I'll save my tears for things that really matter...

Seriously?! Even in jest, that's a bit much.

Questions · Mar 12, 2014

Thunder Bolt said:
There was a famous stallion who broke his leg and was treated so that he could be put to stud. I don't follow racing so can't remember his name but he was valuable for siring foals as he'd won a few classics.

I think Derby winner Troy was 'saved' many years ago. Expensive spunk you see.

Titanic · Mar 13, 2014

The SLAUGHTER continues... TWO more horses killed yesterday.

RIP Akdam and Stack the Deck.

:angel:

Buzzer · Mar 13, 2014

Questions said:
I think Derby winner Troy was 'saved' many years ago. Expensive spunk you see.

Uncle Spielberg said:
Seabiscuit.

Soggy Biscuit, more like, by the sounds of it.

hans kraay fan club · Mar 13, 2014

Mustafa said:
Can they? As far as I'm aware horses cannot recover from broken legs and so it will always mean the end of any horse, not just ones that race.

Uncle Spielberg said:
Seabiscuit.

Never broke a leg.

Simster · Mar 13, 2014

Uncle Spielberg said:
Seabiscuit.

Have you any examples of racehorses that have recovered from a broken leg at any time at all since, say, 1947?

hans kraay fan club · Mar 13, 2014

Simster said:
Have you any examples of racehorses that have recovered from a broken leg at any time at all since, say, 1947?

Or in fact any at all, given that Seabiscuit's injury was a knee tendon, not a broken leg?

Questions · Mar 13, 2014

Simster said:
Have you any examples of racehorses that have recovered from a broken leg at any time at all since, say, 1947?

Actually I said before it was Troy but in fact it was Mill Reef but if they are worth tens of millions at stud it is amazing what a vet can do.
Wiki

After his recovery, Mill Reef was trained for an Autumn campaign and a return to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October. During a routine training gallop however, he stumbled and shattered his foreleg. Charles Allen, a veterinary specialist was flown in. Mill Reef's fracture was a complicated one. A triangularly shaped piece of bone about two and a half inches long was broken from the lower end of the cannon bone and was considerably displaced. The inner sesamoid bone was completely shattered, and the rim of the top of the main pastern bone was damaged. It seemed likely that the inner sesamoid bone was the first to break, with the result on the next step that the fetlock was not braced and the foot and the pastern were pointing outwards. The sheer pressure of the horse's weight caused the crumbling of the rim of the Pastern bone and the breaking of the cannon bone.
It was decided that an operation would be performed in a building in Ian Balding's yard. A six-hour period was taken to place a simplified stainless-steel compression plate held by 3 screws to pin the broken pieces to the cannon bone. The injuries on the sesamoid bone or the rim of the pastern were avoided. The operation was successful. Professor Edwin James Roberts performed the operation, and Mill Reef's life was saved. His stable lad John Hallum, played a major role in nursing him for three months. After the painstaking operation, Mill Reef's racing career was over and he became a stallion at The National Stud in Newmarket.

Questions · Mar 13, 2014

Titanic said:
The SLAUGHTER continues... TWO more horses killed yesterday.

RIP Akdam and Stack the Deck.

They new the risks when they signed up so I have very little sympathy.

vegster · Mar 13, 2014

Questions said:
They new the risks when they signed up so I have very little sympathy.

They could have gone for the safe option of pony rides and gymkhana's or even Riding for the Disabled but they chose to live fast and die young and cock a snook at the Thelwells'.

Questions · Mar 13, 2014

vegster said:
They could have gone for the safe option of pony rides and gymkhana's or even Riding for the Disabled but they chose to live fast and die young and cock a snook at the Thelwells'.

I only like the flat........you know Veg.. Proper horses like Frankel.

BadFish · Mar 14, 2014

withdeanwombat said:
Now, I don't like to see race horses die in this manner, and I did see the fall, but I think it brings out the drama queens every time it happens at a a big meeting. I'm sure a few other horses have died on other tracks with no reaching for the hankies.

And it's not as if these animals would have otherwise have been leading a leisurely life in the fields at home.They are bred for racing and would otherwise not have been bred at all.

Bad luck, pure and simple. I'll save my tears for things that really matter. This isn't it.

See you all at Aintree.

The whole racing process is cruel and the horses that don't make the grade are generally treated very badly.

Can't stand the sport myself.

BadFish · Mar 14, 2014

symyjym said:
Yep, indeed. I never watch horse racing but every time there are clips shown I always wince when they jump. For all the weight they are carrying their front lower legs are tiny for the impact they receive.

sometime ago i read a report written by a prominen vet (i think) which went through all the reasons that horses are not designed for jumping, lots of body weight and skinny legs and ankles was certainly one of them.

Uncle Spielberg · Mar 14, 2014

hans kraay fan club said:
Or in fact any at all, given that Seabiscuit's injury was a knee tendon, not a broken leg?

I stand corrected , you are right.

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