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Post by cait on Dec 15, 2012 22:34:35 GMT -5
Eblouissante scratched at Hollywood Updated December 15, 2012, 9:27 PM The much-anticipated second start for Zenyatta's half sister, Eblouissante, will have to wait. The 3-year-old filly banged her hip in the recieving barn prior to running and was a late scratch from the fourth race at Betfair Hollywood Park Dec. 15. Eblouissante lost some of her hide in the incident, according to stewards at Hollywood Park. That necessitated her declaration from the race, an allowance/optional claimer at 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track. The Kentucky bred daughter of Bernardini , out of the prolific Kris S. broodmare Vertigineux, was 1-9 when the scratch was announced less than 30 minutes prior to racetime. "She bruised her hip,'' trainer John Shirreffs said. "It's hard to say [f she'll miss any training]. We'll have to see how she is when she walks out of the stall [Sunday].'' espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/8750925/eblouissante-scratched-hollywoodHmmm - seems like lots of fuss for an optional claimer lol Only Rapid Redux garnered more!
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Post by cait on Dec 18, 2012 16:57:59 GMT -5
luckily the filly is "ok" Eblouissante Avoided Serious Injury in Mishap Zenyatta's half sister Eblouissante, scratched from an allowance race Dec. 15 at Betfair Hollywood Park after banging herself in the receiving barn, apparently avoided serious injury. The 3-year-old filly appeared fine the morning after the incident, according to trainer John Shirreffs. It took some hair off and it's bruised. We're treating it topically now. We iced it about four or five times (Saturday). She's walking good on it so we're going to take her out and train her and see how she handles it." Shirreffs explained how the accident happened. "The horses go to the receiving barn and the man says put your horses in the stalls,'' he said. "They come out of the stalls in post position order, and sometimes they get a little anxious because they see the horse leaving in front of them. Sometimes they want to come out of the door a little more on the muscle than they should. "She didn't jump through the door or anything, she just wiggled through the side and leaned a thousand pounds into her hip on the edge of the door. She bruised it pretty good." "I called the vet over because when she came out of the door, she didn't want to put her foot down. She bruised it, so it was stinging her a little bit. We walked her a couple of steps and she wasn't walking properly. That's when I asked the vet to come over and take a look at her and said to scratch her." Read more on BloodHorse.com: www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/75076/eblouissante-avoided-serious-injury-in-mishap#ixzz2FRXNtKiq
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