RIP St Nicholas Abbey

convert

Very sad news:

http://www.irishracing.com/news?prid=74151&headline=St-Nic-loses-his-brave-fight

UrbanSea

A real shame, one of my favourite horses the news reports had been so positive as well.

supremenovice

I jumped around the place when he won the Breeders Cup Turf - finally he had fulfilled that wonderful 2yo promise!
Legend.

kksaints

A great shame. Top class horse.

wicklowwonder

Video below showing the major effort put in to save him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyHxRT-UuVQ

Great Horse.

MoscowFlyer

My all time favourite flat horse. Sad day.

BumperD

It was heartening to see them persist despite the setbacks he had in his recovery. He battled to the end.

unitedrover

supremenovice wrote: »

I jumped around the place when he won the Breeders Cup Turf - finally he had fulfilled that wonderful 2yo promise!
Legend.

I loved it when he won it too. Delighted for the horse, for young Joseph creating history and for the lads. St.nics passing will be tough for the O' Brien's as he was part of a number of unique family occasions on the world stage. Loved it too when he won at the Dubai World Cup meeting last year.Pity there isn't some baby Nicholas Abbey's around.

A sad day but he wont be forgotten.

fits

BumperD wrote: »

It was heartening to see them persist despite the setbacks he had in his recovery. He battled to the end.

He should have been put down straight away when he got injured. Horses legs don't heal too well and him and Barbaro are proof positive of this if any further was needed.

kfallon

fits wrote: »

He should have been put down straight away when he got injured. Horses legs don't heal too well and him and Barbaro are proof positive of this if any further was needed.

Didn't the same connections save Ned Kelly???

RIP St Nic, gave us great memories

fits

What injury did Ned Kelly have? I don't know of any horse that's recovered from compound fracture to leg. Hairline is serious enough too.

kfallon

fits wrote: »

What injury did Ned Kelly have? I don't know of any horse that's recovered from compound fracture to leg. Hairline is serious enough too.

Sorry not Ned Kelly, I meant Nick Dundee, didn't he have a crack around his canonbone/fetlock joint?

fits

Just googled nick Dundee, id forgotten about him he was great. Yeah he chipped a bone in his fetlock but it was the ligament injury which kept him out so long. Amazing he returned too. Injury is not nearly comparable though. Any gelding or mare with st nic's injuries would have been euthanised immediately.

hucklebuck

They said something like he was euthanised on humane grounds and I thought if that was the case they would have done it before the laminitis set in

fits

If that was the case he would have been put down before death was a certainty, which is what a severe colic like that is.