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Old 05-07-2010, 11:03 AM
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Exclamation Injury officially ends Eskendereya's career

The only question of course is where he's standing...

Eskendereya in Lexington for diagnostics

The connections of Eskendereya hope to know more about his leg injury on Friday, trainer Todd Pletcher said. The Giant’s Causeway colt was withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) on April 25, when Pletcher and his staff detected filling in his left front leg. The dominant winner of the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) and Wood Memorial (G1) Stakes, Eskendereya would have been a strong favorite in the Derby.

“The horse is in Lexington and they’re expecting some results later, maybe [Friday],” said Pletcher, the trainer of Eskendereya for Ahmed Zayat’s Zayat Stables. “[Zayat] anticipates being able to make some sort of announcement, hopefully in the next day or so.”

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...agnostics.aspx

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Old 05-07-2010, 08:24 PM
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I'm glad I went to the Wood to see a very good horse.
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Old 05-10-2010, 03:03 PM
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What a shame.
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Old 05-10-2010, 04:07 PM
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With bone injuries, generally, tracking and obseving the healing is easier. Set a fracture with pins and let it heal and in many cases the tissue is a s strong as ever. Soft tissue is harder to observe and gauge and more prone to re-injury.
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Old 05-07-2010, 11:27 AM
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I hope it's good news, I have heard rumors to the effect that he's had a bad infection.
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Old 05-07-2010, 12:07 PM
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how much do you think he lost by having this horse go to the shed this early?

in regards to him trying to sell the horse or part of the horse b/c of his lawsuit with 5/3rd bank

i know jess jackson must have had his check book out weeks before the derby

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how much do you think he lost by having this horse go to the shed this early?

in regards to him trying to sell the horse or part of the horse b/c of his lawsuit with 5/3rd bank

i know jess jackson must have had his check book out weeks before the derby

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Find the Glenye Cain Oakford DRF piece from before Derby. Lost less than you would have thought in terms of stud career value...
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Old 05-07-2010, 07:13 PM
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bad break, thought this horse was something special.
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Old 05-07-2010, 07:37 PM
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Just asking a question. Don't jump down my throat.

Is a soft tissue injury really a career ending injury?
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Old 05-07-2010, 08:51 PM
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Just asking a question. Don't jump down my throat.

Is a soft tissue injury really a career ending injury?
it can be. depending on nature, severity, it could take quite a while to heal. then there's the question of whether the horse would return at the same level. considering the talent he has shown, and his pedigree, i'm not surprised that they chose to retire him. and with zayat owning him, and the plan being to sell, this is his best chance to get the most money for him.
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Old 05-07-2010, 10:37 PM
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Just asking a question. Don't jump down my throat.

Is a soft tissue injury really a career ending injury?
There are amazing things going on with soft tissue healing (tendons) currently in the equine veterinary world: in vitro tenocytes (growing new tendon tissue in a petri dish to transfer into tendons), stem cell therapy (bone marrow derived), ACell (porcine urinary bladder scaffolding for tissue repair), platelet-rich plasma, etc. combined with shockwave therapy, etc.

We just had an all-day seminar on soft-tissue injury repair, "state of the art" review, during Rolex at the Horse Park, and it was attended by about 50 vets. And some human docs doing research on the same at UKY spoke. The vet world is far ahead of the human world as far as using these therapies in actual clinical cases, and it's going to change the way horses are treated forever. Extremely exciting and promising.

That said, that's a shame about this horse, I was looking forward to him returning to racing.


Unfortunately, the Thoroughbred flat racer remains the elusive goal for full return to 100% previous function, although this has been repeatedly achieved in jumpers, eventers, dressage and even Standardbreds.

But certainly, alot can currently be done to treat a horse so that it can have a successful new career off-track, and not be limited to "pasture sound" or a well-managed stud career.
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Old 05-07-2010, 06:32 PM
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Eskendereya Retired From Racing
By The Associated Press


Injured Wood Memorial (gr. I) winner Eskendereya has been retired due to a leg injury. Owner Ahmed Zayat said May 7 tests showed the 3-year-old colt's had a soft tissue injury in his left front leg. The likely Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I) favorite was pulled a week before the race with swelling in the same leg.

Zayat also announced he's selling a share of the horse to winemaker Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables. The sale price was not disclosed. Eskendereya (Es-ken-DRAY-ah) stamped himself as the likely favorite in the Kentucky Derby after winning two major prep races by a combined 18 1/4 lengths. He was pulled from the Derby six days before the Run for the Roses due to swelling in the injured leg.

The horse underwent diagnostic testing in Lexington this week. Zayat said the injury is career-ending..
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