Other Racing: Quarters, Harness, Jumps

[BaroqueAgain1]

I seem to remember a subforum on the old site devoted to racing posts about other types of horse racing, such as harness, Quarterhorses and jumps. Is there interest in resurrecting it?
* Today, jockey Chantal Sutherland-Cruze set a North American record for trotters under saddle on a 5/8 track at the Meadows Casino track on NY Yank.
Some Tweets and photos: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ChantalTrots&src=hash

[PJMIII]

Lyonssomewhere wins $437,325 Cane Pace

Geoffrey Lyons Mound's Lyonssomewhere led from start to finish and posted an upset at odds of 19-1 with a 1:49.4 score in the $437,325 Cane Pace, the first leg of the Triple Crown, on Monday (Sept. 1) at Tioga Downs.

http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absoluten ... zoneid=110

[BaroqueAgain1]

From DRF: Jm Miracle, at 7-1, wins #AllAmerican Futurity over Mad About the Moon. Sam Crow was third, and Apollitical Blood, fourth. #RuidosoDowns
Jm Miracle ($16.80) covered the 440 yards of the #AllAmerican Futurity in 21.38 seconds. Ramon Sanchez aboard for trainer Umberto Belloc.
Photo:
https://twitter.com/DRFRampellini/statu ... 72/photo/1

[BaroqueAgain1]

Aw crap...from Paulick: Source at Ruidoso says condition of All American Futurity winner JM Miracle not good. In 2013 Ruidoso Futurity winner died of kidney failure
DRF's Mary Rampellini tweeted: He looked like he might have been a little overheated. What did you think?

Update from Mary R.: He was cooled down and vanned back to his barn as a precautionary measure, according to a release from Ruidoso Downs.

[Ziggypop]

Aw crap...from Paulick: Source at Ruidoso says condition of All American Futurity winner JM Miracle not good. In 2013 Ruidoso Futurity winner died of kidney failure
DRF's Mary Rampellini tweeted: He looked like he might have been a little overheated. What did you think?

Update from Mary R.: He was cooled down and vanned back to his barn as a precautionary measure, according to a release from Ruidoso Downs.

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s ... fter-wins/

[BaroqueAgain1]

One horse in distress is one thing. A second horse from the same barn exhibiting the same problems? That's not a coincidence.
Sounds like clenbuterol overdose, but since I believe that drug is tested for, I wonder if the behind-the-curtain chemists have concocted something that gives the same boost, but which doesn't show up in the tests?

[Diver52]

Hope he's okay, looked shaky getting on the van after the race.

[Starine]

One horse in distress is one thing. A second horse from the same barn exhibiting the same problems? That's not a coincidence.
Sounds like clenbuterol overdose, but since I believe that drug is tested for, I wonder if the behind-the-curtain chemists have concocted something that gives the same boost, but which doesn't show up in the tests?

I won't make any accusations, but it certainly is suspicious.

[Catalina]

Hope the lab can identify it.

[BaroqueAgain1]

Judging by what I've read this morning on various sites (which is still not exactly in-depth), it sounds like the horses were suffering from a combo of heat and dehydration. That might indicate that there were no illegal substances involved, but IMHO, the after-affects of legal NSAIDS, bute and lasix in a horse's system, when it's hot and the horse gets badly fatigued and dehydrated, can still be very hard on a horse.
It's also possible that the high altitude amplified the horses' reactions to their intense efforts.