New Posts For Thread: What's the deal with all these wind opshttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-opsIt seems to me that every winner seems to have had one, surely they can't all be choking in their races? or is it something that's been done now as a matter of course in order to eek out an extra 5% whether it's entirely necessary for the horse or noRun it down field, get hcap mark down, do a 'wind-op'. bingo suddenly back to form or better than ever....next race, back to obscurity.....theses wind ops seem to only work for one racehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543960437#543960437Run it down field, get hcap mark down, do a 'wind-op'. bingo suddenly back to form or better than ever....next race, back to obscurity.....theses wind ops seem to only work for one raceMon, 16 Mar 2015 05:11:44 -0500I'm sure plenty of horses get the op whether they've made a noise or not. It's like the racing community is saying the natural horse isn't good enough so surgery is required to improve it. Once one has it they all have to have it. I appreciate tubinghttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543960047#543960047I'm sure plenty of horses get the op whether they've made a noise or not. It's like the racing community is saying the natural horse isn't good enough so surgery is required to improve it. Once one has it they all have to have it. I appreciate tubingMon, 16 Mar 2015 02:26:17 -0500ah right...another one there in the last wasn't it?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543926441#543926441ah right...another one there in the last wasn't it?Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:27:51 -0500Duffy, no that was called tubing which goes back a hundred years .Hobday was the first to perform an operation that avoided the tube.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543925757#543925757Duffy, no that was called tubing which goes back a hundred years .Hobday was the first to perform an operation that avoided the tube.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:39:18 -0500Yeh...I remember when they used to say he's been hobdayed now...years ago....don't they end up with a hole visible on their neck...remember seeing a piece on it now a few years back and remember them saying that on soft ground when the mud is flyinghttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543922125#543922125Yeh...I remember when they used to say he's been hobdayed now...years ago....don't they end up with a hole visible on their neck...remember seeing a piece on it now a few years back and remember them saying that on soft ground when the mud is flyingFri, 13 Mar 2015 08:13:41 -0500Seems to act like a magic wand for some horses. Definitely something the punter should be aware of on the racecard in my opinion.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543921935#543921935Seems to act like a magic wand for some horses. Definitely something the punter should be aware of on the racecard in my opinion.Fri, 13 Mar 2015 07:58:13 -0500Horses did not evolve to run fast for 3 miles or even 2 so their throats tend to constrict their breathing after sustained galloping. There have been many advances in corrective surgery since the first one that was called a "hobday" after the vet thahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543920481#543920481Horses did not evolve to run fast for 3 miles or even 2 so their throats tend to constrict their breathing after sustained galloping. There have been many advances in corrective surgery since the first one that was called a "hobday" after the vet thaFri, 13 Mar 2015 05:24:26 -0500I heard Paul Nicholl's gets one himself every other week.All joking aside, it seems they are very common and in a lot of cases necessary, but like anything the level of expertise probably depends. Just go to whoever Nicholl's goes to as he always seehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543918659#543918659I heard Paul Nicholl's gets one himself every other week.All joking aside, it seems they are very common and in a lot of cases necessary, but like anything the level of expertise probably depends. Just go to whoever Nicholl's goes to as he always seeThu, 12 Mar 2015 21:38:23 -0500It seems to me that every winner seems to have had one, surely they can't all be choking in their races? or is it something that's been done now as a matter of course in order to eek out an extra 5% whether it's entirely necessary for the horse or nohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30457641/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-wind-ops?post_id=543917521#543917521It seems to me that every winner seems to have had one, surely they can't all be choking in their races? or is it something that's been done now as a matter of course in order to eek out an extra 5% whether it's entirely necessary for the horse or noThu, 12 Mar 2015 19:11:30 -0500