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Old 11-13-2013, 10:24 PM
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Default The $5 million dollar spider bite
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/su...-1226759506183

Black Caviar's half-brother "Jimmy" (a $5 mil yearling, now southern hemisphere 2yo) got bitten by a white tail spider and had a reaction to the antiobiotics, leading to diarrhea. He's now 50/50 with a bad case of laminitis.

I've heard of horses having reactions to shots or crazy things happening to youngsters but geez.
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Old 11-13-2013, 11:01 PM
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Hated reading this. Just awful and really hope he pulls through
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Old 11-19-2013, 02:42 PM
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http://www.justhorseracing.com.au/ne...-stable/235982

Here's an update someone linked to on Twitter. Jimmy's apparently stable (no way around that pun, sorry), and eating well.
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Old 11-19-2013, 03:28 PM
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Very promising news indeed.
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Old 12-28-2013, 10:14 PM
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Black Caviar's little brother Jimmy loses the fight

http://blog.inglis.com.au/ceo/2013/1...the-fight.html
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Old 12-28-2013, 10:23 PM
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this is really sad news poor horsey
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Old 12-28-2013, 11:38 PM
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Black Caviar's little brother Jimmy loses the fight

http://blog.inglis.com.au/ceo/2013/1...the-fight.html
poor guy.
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Old 12-29-2013, 01:18 AM
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Damn it
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Old 12-29-2013, 06:39 PM
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Really sad to hear that. He kept toughing it out, and I had hopes that no news was good news.
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