Northport wrote:I mean, if he was already on Gastroguard, then they knew he has ulcers before the Travers... that and 99% of race horses in training and 90% of domestic horses have ulcers. But a bad case can make a horse downright miserable. Glad they got it cleared up... but as soon as he gets back into training I can't see the ulcers staying at bay.
Either way, nice to hear that he will be racing in 2018.
It sounds that the Gastroguard is used by Todd as a preventive on all his horses so they wouldn't necessarily have known he had ulcers prior or how bad they were before he was actually examined.
But I wonder if the draw reins pre-Derby contributed to his anxiety and stress rising considering he started non-performing right after the Derby. I gotta wonder how long he was living with this bad a case of ulcers.