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horse running round with a broken leg,,RIP
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oh no....
 and I bet on NH racing  ...going to have to do some penance for that when I am gone |
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If a horse breaks it's leg whilst in a race the Jockey Club should guarantee that the leg is fixed and the horse spends the rest of it's life in a horse sanctuary with acres to roam in.
Just dart the horse, keep it on meds to keep it relaxed split and plaster the leg.....QED |
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A lovely thought Leopard..
But this is very difficult. A horses instinct is to stand on its leg even when it is broken. The operation itself can be difficult, but keeping the horse off the leg for recuperation is nearly impossible. I agree if it can be done. |
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It can be done ....they just don't want to spend the money.
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didnt they do it for mill reef
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Wiki : Mill Reef
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 complicated. 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. Over a span of six hours, a simplified stainless-steel compression plate held by 3 screws was used 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. |
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Well it was the stud value
It is not totally impossible. NH horses are geldings they have no stud value...that is the honest truth. But IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT because a horses instinct is always to stand on its 4 legs, they can even sleep in that position. A horse always has to be ready for flight, it is defence against predators in the wild. Ina perfect world I would agree with you Leopard. |
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Just think of the goodwill the Jockey Club would accrue if they implemented the Save All Horses Protocol
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It would
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