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Cheltenham Day 4 - Friday 14 March

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    #122
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,728 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT,Even if they have another back, would rather lose than to see that.


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    #123
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users Posts: 14,240 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    Leg breaker

    As a casual, that is tough to watch.....


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    #124
    Thepoet85
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    I'm guessing that wasn't his shoe :(


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    #125
    Angliru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭Angliru


    Horrible poor thing


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    #126
    Lucy8080
    Registered Users Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭Lucy8080


    AH no...looks awful..very sad.


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    #127
    robwen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,306 ✭✭✭robwen


    Toobz wrote: »
    500k just went on sir Eric by one punter on the exchange, guess if someones that confident I'll use my free 20 on sky bet on him :p

    They won't be feeling great right now


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    #128
    Angliru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭Angliru


    Very disappointing by Pic. But like that matters now. Ah jesus


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    #129
    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    That's terribly sad, Poor horse.


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    #130
    jkbkhhho7t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭jkbkhhho7t


    Dampener on the whole day


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    #131
    Limestone1
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    robwen wrote: »
    They won't be feeling great right now

    Probably JPs money ...he'll be more upset about losing the horse


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    #132
    Joe_ Public
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    Incredible horsemanship there from NDB. Terrible to see the injury, not looking good but hoping against hope horse can be saved.


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    #133
    gazza1
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    Very sad to see.


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    #134
    peteeeed
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    Poor down , terrible


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    #135
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Sir Eric had to be put down :(


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    #136
    Daraa
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭Daraa


    Put down according to the telly :(


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    #137
    Johner
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    Devastated for Sir Erec, such a lovely well tempered animal. Didn't deserve that. :(


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    #138
    cruais
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭cruais


    Inevitable just confirmed. So sad. He was a beautiful horse


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    #139
    Andrew00
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    Gutted


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    #140
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Can someone explain why a broken leg results in a horse needing to be put down?


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    #141
    Shemale
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    Two really classy young Irish hurdlers with massive potential lost at Cheltenham in the last few years. :mad:


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    #142
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users Posts: 14,240 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Can someone explain why a broken leg results in a horse needing to be put down?

    Is it fatal for horses maybe?


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    #143
    Thepoet85
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    Wow that's awful :(


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    #144
    naughto
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    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Can someone explain why a broken leg results in a horse needing to be put down?

    No way of fixing it


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    #145
    sham69
    Registered Users Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭sham69


    Very sad, was so calm getting the shoe fixed , really didn't expect that.
    RIP


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    #146
    jkbkhhho7t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭jkbkhhho7t


    What's more upsetting is how quiet and proud he looked while getting his shoe done, he didn't deserve what followed


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    #147
    Shemale
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Shemale


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Can someone explain why a broken leg results in a horse needing to be put down?

    By virtue of horses being horses, they have a lot of weight on their legs, they are born to run around. They take ages to heal too.

    I read about some decent stallion who broke his leg and he was in a harness in his box for about a year and his lad slept in the stable with him, purely because he was worth so much at stud. IIRC he died from an infection resulting from the break.


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    #148
    WicklowBrave
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭WicklowBrave


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Can someone explain why a broken leg results in a horse needing to be put down?

    Near impossible to fix it. You can’t tell a horse not to put weight on its leg.


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    #149
    BorneTobyWilde
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    naughto wrote: »
    No way of fixing it


    A horses legs are so complex I guess.


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    #150
    Widdensushi
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    bookies have the day covered after one race


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    #151
    SteelyDanJalapeno
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    Without wanting to cause any tension, as a once a year punter, I find it very hard to justify racing at the cost of something like that.


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