sighthound Wrote:
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> Chuckles, being rather ignorant of real horses and
> real veterinary medicine, is probably unawares of
> acute laminitis (having only Barbaro's laminitis
> battle on TV and in the racing press to provide
> his medical education); and how quickly acute
> laminitis can strike and kill, and what it can be
> secondary to - septicemia, colic, etc. ...

Actually, I've known of Laminitis ever since the case that almost felled Nijinksy II. It eventually got him, but not the first time.

And of course, I remember Big Red.

Besides, Barbaro didn't die from Laminitis.

He should have died from a broken leg, but greed took him instead.