Re: 6 Minutes prior to post in the Preakness... (710 Views)
Posted by:
alm (IP Logged)
Date: May 23, 2006 03:47PM
Your description of what happened pre-race might explain what you think happened during the race or it might explain what I think could have happened in terms of a condylar issue.
I don't think you crack the condylar from a misstep as opposed to the condylar fracturing first, causing a misstep. Watching the rerun reminded me of a horse of mine who fractured the condylar at the head of the lane. She pitched ever so slightly to the side it broke on, then continued to run in a straight line.
She didn't break anything else as a result.
Regardless, there is little doubt in my mind, as a breeder-owner, that this horse was in trouble before the race.