Naw it's business. This is a valuable race-horse that stands to make the guy alot of money. If he can get the horse to a state where it can at least do that, it will pay off any investments that have been put into the horse.
If it were just that, I'd imagine they'd simply jerk him off and freeze the results for artificial insemination.
I mean, he's not going to race again. But he won the Kentucky Derby and was favourite for the Triple Crown. I cannot speak to exact stud fees, but the millions getting bandied around seem reasonable.
I actually read a article about this. Horse Breeders disslike artificial insemination as that they would like to control who exactly is getting the sper m and that it is used as the contract specified. Hence they need actual 'horse love'. As I understand it stud fees for a proven horse can demand some serious money.
Can't do that - you can't prove it was the right horse's sperm if the mating wasn't done in person, therefore racing thoroughbreds have to be conceived in person, with witnesses.
While I'd admit I haven't read up on it from this angle specifically, I'd imagine that they'd also get a lot more sperm over time by allowing the horse to continue, er, manufacturing his own as it's used, wouldn't they? I mean, horses can be used for stud for over a decade, maybe even two decades, IIRC?
Yeah, but proper rationing (and the increased efficiency of IVF) means that a few good tugs and a good fridge should get you all you'll ever practically need.
I've seen these before. I saw one in Virginia (hunting country) that had a ramp leading down into the pool. They even have one here in Floria near Ocala (there are several horse farms there). They are great for exercising a horse and keping the internal organs functioning (which they won't if the horse isn't moving) and the weight off the joints. They are also useful when the problem is just a sprain and they want to keep the horse in shape.
Poor Barbaro. I hope this works for hime. I was watching the race the day Ruffian broke her leg and had to be put down. Barbaro's jockey deserves a lot of credit. If he hadn't pulled him up as quickly as he did, he would have met the same fate as Ruffian. Her leg was shattered to the point of no repair because she took too many steps on it.
Horses have a different type of balance than a dog or cat does. I believe they need all four legs. I've found a few articles about ambutation replaced with prosthesis, but I doubt you're talking about bred for speed not brains, nervous thoroughbreds. Yeah - even the ones I found they talk about the horse being a 'special personality'. That means CALM. Dogs and cats run to find food, horses run to prevent themselves from BEING food. I think there's a different mentality there on the ability to walk.
Only small dogs can live with amputation, especially of a rear leg. Once you get around 40kg (full-grown Lab size), three legs can't support the dog. It will walk, and run, and then blow out its knees and have a crippling injury in another leg.
I just got this whole speech from two vets when my parents' lab fucked up her knee. It was basically "We need surgery, then recovery, and she's not allowed to do ANYTHING to this leg until then. And she's not allowed to do much to the other leg, either, until she has both again. If she screws up the recovery, we'll have to put her down, because she's so big that if we amputate the one leg she'll destroy the other in about six months."
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Date: 2006-05-24 02:06 pm (UTC)That's a multimillion dollar racehorse that was a shoe-in for the triple crown until the accident.
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Date: 2006-05-24 02:39 pm (UTC)I mean, he's not going to race again. But he won the Kentucky Derby and was favourite for the Triple Crown. I cannot speak to exact stud fees, but the millions getting bandied around seem reasonable.
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Date: 2006-05-24 03:25 pm (UTC)Now I need to go scrub the phrase "horse love" out of my brain. Please excuse me.
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Date: 2006-05-24 08:39 pm (UTC)Poor Barbaro. I hope this works for hime. I was watching the race the day Ruffian broke her leg and had to be put down. Barbaro's jockey deserves a lot of credit. If he hadn't pulled him up as quickly as he did, he would have met the same fate as Ruffian. Her leg was shattered to the point of no repair because she took too many steps on it.
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Date: 2006-05-25 12:03 pm (UTC)I just got this whole speech from two vets when my parents' lab fucked up her knee. It was basically "We need surgery, then recovery, and she's not allowed to do ANYTHING to this leg until then. And she's not allowed to do much to the other leg, either, until she has both again. If she screws up the recovery, we'll have to put her down, because she's so big that if we amputate the one leg she'll destroy the other in about six months."