Ocho Ocho Ocho

Starine · Tue May 08, 2018 9:50 pm

I can't, for the life of me, remember what happened to him.

Flanders · Wed May 09, 2018 2:27 am

He isn't listed as standing anywhere, has no death or export on file with the Jockey Club. I'm going to guess he has some severe soundness issues. He raced twice in 2015 after the Kentucky Derby, May 30 in the Penn Mile(G3)(4th) and Dec. 26 in the Mathis Brothers Mile(G2)(9th). He had 2 starts in 2016, Jan. 24 Clocker's Corner S.(5th) and June 2 at Santa Anita in a AOC(2nd). He then raced once in 2017, Feb. 4 in the Palos Verdes(G2)(4th). The last article I can even find mentioning him, from August 2017, said he resumed training at Del Mar in the summer. He has no recent workouts.

http://www.toconline.com/wp/wp-content/ ... earson.pdf
That is the article that mentions him briefly.

Flanders · Wed May 09, 2018 2:47 am

I found 2 works from September 2017.

https://www.xbtv.com/?s=ocho+ocho+ocho

Starine · Thu May 10, 2018 12:50 pm

Thanks, Flanders. I wonder if it would be worth a try writing to the connections.

Catalina · Thu May 10, 2018 2:57 pm

Starine wrote:Thanks, Flanders. I wonder if it would be worth a try writing to the connections.

Go for it! The worst that can happen is that they don't reply.

Izvestia · Fri May 11, 2018 10:45 pm

I wondered what happened to this little guy too.

katmandu · Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:27 pm

I saw his name recently (less than 2 weeks ago) on the Santa Anita vet's list - ECSWT. Stark posted the list in some thread.

Flanders · Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:45 am

* OCHO OCHO OCHO T 4/2/2018 SHOCK WAVE CASSIDY LATS
(* means has vet list history)

I'm all for horses racing if they are happy and healthy doing it. He hasn't won since 2014. He hasn't placed in a race since June 2016. He hasn't ran in a race since February 2017. He has only raced 5 times since the 2015 Kentucky Derby. Sometimes its just best to call it a day. His career has just been interrupted by huge layoffs, he has to have some or a lot of issues going on.