ladyblacksmith wrote:Very true, and trainers can also shoe the horse at the track if they like, and owner are allowed to shoe their own horses anyway they see fit. I pulled shoes off a juvenile horse over 3 months ago who had broke down [bowed both tendons]after one shoe job the owner had done in glue since they didn't know how to nail on a shoe.
I almost threw up over the smell and rotted look of the foot, and the mere pain this horse was in. It had black juice coming out of it's white line, and dead blood at the bottom of it foot. The toe was over 4 inches long.
The little 2 1/2 year old colt is doing nicely now. I'll shoe him this Friday coming up with wide web aluminums and he's turn out all winter to mature.
Come spring, I'll shoe him in queens all around.
Also, trainers have been known to inject with cobra veniom in the joints, themselves. I knew personally of a trainer who would take the joint fluid out of one horse that couldn't run anymore, and inject their fluid in another horse to save on vet bills.
Also, something about MAPP 50 to inject the joints with??
Getting of the toe-grab issue for a moment:
It is "how" we are racing horses today!!!!!!! The whole industry need a complete overhaul on how trainers get their liciences, including platers, vets, ect.
We are blaming a piece of metal across the toe, when we should be looking at the "How we breed, train, race, shoe, medicated, track management and the lack of turn out for these racehorses", and whose careers are usally over at the TENDER age of 5 years old!!!!! They have broken so badly, that they don't go off to be showhorses instead. WHAT A SAD TESTAMENT!!
We also need to revamp the "Conditions" book ALSO!!! [which no one brought up in the subject on] how many times a horse has to run as a Maiden/not won in so many times since last year, ect., and why these horses are not going off to other careers.
Food for thought............................Linda........................
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Angelinalove