Another sacred day at Kempton tomorrow...

Tests carried out in Newmarket have confirmed Sprinter Sacre has an irregular heartbeat. Cardio specialist Celia Marr will wait 48 hours to see if it will stabilise on its own. If not medicine and technology will be used on the champion chaser. 6 mins ago
 
Why retire him? If the treatment is appropriate and he can run again why not? I'm a real bleeding heart me, but I honestly don't think that retirement is yet a viable option, UNLESS tests show a serious issue that could cause real problems. After all it's rare that a horse has a heart attack (as in heart stopping, they don't have heart attacks like humans) though of course pulmonary or aortic ruptures are sadly seem more often. I'm not a vet but can't think why a heart beat issue would cause a rupture....actually just asked my consultant dr BIL. No it wouldnt. All an dodgy rhythm would do is to make the horse not preform well.


Just my view.
 
Fizzbw said:
Why retire him? If the treatment is appropriate and he can run again why not? I'm a real bleeding heart me, but I honestly don't think that retirement is yet a viable option, UNLESS tests show a serious issue that could cause real problems. After all it's rare that a horse has a heart attack (as in heart stopping, they don't have heart attacks like humans) though of course pulmonary or aortic ruptures are sadly seem more often. I'm not a vet but can't think why a heart beat issue would cause a rupture....actually just asked my consultant dr BIL. No it wouldnt. All an dodgy rhythm would do is to make the horse not preform well.


Just my view.
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A horse can either have; a primary Arrhythmia or secondary Arrhythmia. The primary Arrhythmia is a result of a defective heart and a secondary Arrhythmia is a result of complication from within the body itself.

Two results of an Arrhythmia are either Tachyarrhythmias which is where the heart is over active result in anxiety and the second result is Bradyarrhythmias, a more common result, where the heart is under active resulting in weakness and more dangerous to a horse.

There's a 50% chance that a horse will have an arrhythmia during racing.
 
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Geraghty did get off Sprinter Sacre when he had brought him to a halt. He then remounted before trotting back.
 
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Sprinter Sacre is expected to arrive back at Nicky Henderson's yard later today after his heart problem righted itself.
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all's well that ends well. :ninja:
 
yeah great news but without sounding overly crude, I'm curious why so few bookies are pricing him up for the Champion Chase, I'd love a bit of 6/4 about the beast, afterall...only a minority of mugs would be prepared to back him at that price after his defeat. Surely not out the ball park this far out, with his medical condition, to lay such a price for a few quid?
 
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Why would you back a horse with a history of Arrhythmia? There's a 50% chance of it happening during a race, how can he possibly win with an irregular heart beat?
 
The last I read was he will run again this season..?

its not like bookies are immune to pricing up doubtful horses, give me him at a back able price yes indeed I would back him.

Profit making machines with ruthlessly priced up anti-post markets when it suits, but overly sensitive pussies when their is anything to speculate on. Only four firms have priced him.

Fair play to Sky Bet who are 11/10. Rupert Murdoch isn't short of a few quid. Ladbrokes conversely take a massive difference of opinion at 1/2, they've got bigger bollocks than a few others on the other hand...too scared to take a bet of course.
 
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Nicky Henderson tells Racing UK “If we can’t get him back for the Queen Mother, it is pointless coming back."
 
an capall said:
So it must have been something else caused the event. Wonder what?
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Seems he is to receive no treatment for his ‘condition’ as it ‘self corrected’. If it was ‘something else’ that triggered it (from the list of things mentioned earlier): viral disease, low potassium levels in the blood (as a possible secondary effect of the use of Lasix, or something similar), anaemia, colic, etc. then hopefully he’ll be clear of whatever it was next time out. If none of these things then who knows...
 
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tiggers1972 said:
was he got at? Masking agents well ahead of the testers etc.
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Who knows... If not ‘got at’ there are drugs it is legitimate to administer as treatments as long as they are clear of them by race day (and others that are prohibited full stop). The fact that the yard is not considering treatment for the condition suggests they are pretty confident they a recurrence won’t occur.
 
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Exactly.
To get his handicap mark down or something? WTF
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That would of course be idiotic. But a reason for stopping a horse would include to prevent it winning. A reason for administering a drug would include treating it for something.
 
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