Thursday, 30 August 2007
After the race on the Derby day Richie had a slight nosebleed. The vet was called out, all appropriate tests carried out and the answer was a throat infection. The vet reckoned he had been put back at least 30 percent. So a fourth place was a very decent performance and more than we could have asked for anyway.
The trouble with Richie is that he must have an extremely high pain threshold. He was still eating, still happily working and pulling his leader around the parade ring before the race with that naughty school boy look on his face. No one could have known.
When he pulled one of the muscles in his back right off at the end of the season as a two year old he was only lame for two days. Luckily the injury was fairly obvious so we gave him two months off before I spent the winter slowly bringing him back again.
He is now receiving the appropriate treatment and will be checked again shortly to monitor his recovery. Hopefully he will be fit for fight again pretty soon.
After the race on the Derby day Richie had a slight nosebleed. The vet was called out, all appropriate tests carried out and the answer was a throat infection. The vet reckoned he had been put back at least 30 percent. So a fourth place was a very decent performance and more than we could have asked for anyway.
The trouble with Richie is that he must have an extremely high pain threshold. He was still eating, still happily working and pulling his leader around the parade ring before the race with that naughty school boy look on his face. No one could have known.
When he pulled one of the muscles in his back right off at the end of the season as a two year old he was only lame for two days. Luckily the injury was fairly obvious so we gave him two months off before I spent the winter slowly bringing him back again.
He is now receiving the appropriate treatment and will be checked again shortly to monitor his recovery. Hopefully he will be fit for fight again pretty soon.
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