Upstart Spikes Fever, Scheduled Workout Postponed
Apr 11, 2015 17:18:14 GMT -5
Post by cait on Apr 11, 2015 17:18:14 GMT -5
Upstart Spikes Fever, Scheduled Workout Postponed
Paulick Rep
Lambholm South Holy Bull (G2) winner Upstart was scheduled to breeze Saturday morning at Rick Violette’s Palm Meadows base in Boynton Beach, but the 3-year-old son of Flatter spiked a fever, forcing the postponement of the work.
“He had a higher than normal temperature, so we have to see where that’s going,” Violette said. “We just skipped the breeze, and we’ll see what happens. If it goes up, then we’ll have to really address it, and if it’s just a bump on the screen, we’ll re-plan his breeze. We’ll gallop him a couple days and see what’s going on. Right now, it’s too early to give any kind of intelligent answer other than, we’ll take his temperature later and see what happens.”
Violette said the flashy bay ridgling, who also recorded runner-up finishes in the Fountain of Youth (via disqualification after crossing the wire first) and the Florida Derby, was discovered to have a high temperature just before leaving the barn for his breeze.
“We noticed it mid-morning,” he said. “His temp was a little bit higher than normal early, and he had a dirty nose later. We had tack on him and were ready to go, and (assistant trainer) Melissa [Cohen] took [his temperature] again, and it was climbing. We’re better off not breezing. If you breeze a horse that’s about to get sick, you’re going to make him really sick. Everything’s on hold until we know which way this thing is going.”
Violette added that his trainee is not acting like a sick horse, as Upstart appeared bright and aware in his stall on Violette’s shed row.
“He’s acting great,” he said.“He looks wonderful. He’s not acting sick. There’s no question [it’s better to have it happen now rather than later]. If we had breezed him, and he was getting sick, then we could make him very, very sick. It’s better that we caught it early, and we’ll just deal with the cards, that’s all.”
Paulick Rep
Lambholm South Holy Bull (G2) winner Upstart was scheduled to breeze Saturday morning at Rick Violette’s Palm Meadows base in Boynton Beach, but the 3-year-old son of Flatter spiked a fever, forcing the postponement of the work.
“He had a higher than normal temperature, so we have to see where that’s going,” Violette said. “We just skipped the breeze, and we’ll see what happens. If it goes up, then we’ll have to really address it, and if it’s just a bump on the screen, we’ll re-plan his breeze. We’ll gallop him a couple days and see what’s going on. Right now, it’s too early to give any kind of intelligent answer other than, we’ll take his temperature later and see what happens.”
Violette said the flashy bay ridgling, who also recorded runner-up finishes in the Fountain of Youth (via disqualification after crossing the wire first) and the Florida Derby, was discovered to have a high temperature just before leaving the barn for his breeze.
“We noticed it mid-morning,” he said. “His temp was a little bit higher than normal early, and he had a dirty nose later. We had tack on him and were ready to go, and (assistant trainer) Melissa [Cohen] took [his temperature] again, and it was climbing. We’re better off not breezing. If you breeze a horse that’s about to get sick, you’re going to make him really sick. Everything’s on hold until we know which way this thing is going.”
Violette added that his trainee is not acting like a sick horse, as Upstart appeared bright and aware in his stall on Violette’s shed row.
“He’s acting great,” he said.“He looks wonderful. He’s not acting sick. There’s no question [it’s better to have it happen now rather than later]. If we had breezed him, and he was getting sick, then we could make him very, very sick. It’s better that we caught it early, and we’ll just deal with the cards, that’s all.”
