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Horses who got injured and came back as good as ever or better?
Horses who got injured and came back as good as ever or better?
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Wellchief, mighty man had to have stem cell therapy and came back to finish close up second to big bucks at aintree. A couple of years earlier he would have been destroyed. That was a proper injury.
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OTS - that was from memory a listed event at Nottingham. I personally don't think that proved it was as good as its (admittedly suspect) Derby form.
However I do think that qualified as a 'proper' injury which many of those horses mention don't. |
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Of course it's a spectrum, but how do you define a "proper" injury? In Aldaniti's case he could well have been put down with different connections. Horses like Kauto (broken fetlock iirc) and Neptune Collonges (leg tendons?) had injuries that would have finished many or most horses.
I think in general people have avoided the Bionocular/kicking King type horses who were injured briefly. |
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No real rule but I think a minimum of a whole season out is a decent guide.
It's taxing my memory a bit to recall which ones qualify! |
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apoligies regarding aldaniti.
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Big Vern, many apologies to you.
Next time someone starts a thread "Horses that had stem cell therapy and came back as good as ever or better", I will be the first to mention Mighty Man on your behalf if no one else does. |
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Carnival Air - landed a monster touch @Sandown one day for a young Kim Bailey after being off for 3 years or so
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Mr Cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eZIEMT48Lg |
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Sefton
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Nick Dundee perhaps nearly as good.
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was he?
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Nick Dundee was a "good thing" when he fell in Looks Like Troubles RSA. But with hindsight it's very very doubtful he would have won anyway. But doubt also he was as good when he came back.
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Royal Gait
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shockster he would have hosed up that year
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was royal gait injured or did it go to stud
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Howdi, with what LLT turned out to be, I doubt Nick Dundee would have won. Sadly, we'll never know. You could be right Fidway re Royal Gait, just came to me he had been off for a deal of time.
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Danoli & Kicking King
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Hard to say Kicking King was as good when he came back.
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He was nowhere near as good when he came back
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kicking king won the gold cup 2 weeks after been ruled out for the season.
does that count  |
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Very good - that brings in Binocular as well!
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Good old mate of mine said to me 30 years ago and you know what in my opinion he was right ....
Horses don't come back after being injured and if they don't run as a 2 year old there no good .... Obviously there's been a few but over the last 30 years or so i would struggle to name 20+ that were really good after a serious injury many have come back and won after a long long absence but they then bounce never to be heard of again The same also applies to unraced flat 2 year olds there's been thousands yet as with the injured horses once again i would struggle to name 20 + |
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So now I need to take back my earlier comment "I think in general people have avoided the Bionocular/kicking King type horses who were injured briefly."
 No, I don't think they count  SNA - In general you're probaly right but there are plenty of horses mentioned in this thread who had serious injuries and came back to win major races. From a quick scan I think we've named 6 National winners and winners of the four Cheltenham Championship races. |