Simon Nott
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Horseracing with Andrew Mount #13 Wind Ops
Horseracing Form Expert Andrew Mount talks about the effect of 'Wind Ops'
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Wind Ops with Andrew Mount
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archie
Senior Jockey
The term 'wind op' as used by the BHA covers a wide range of procedures and, as such, is virtually useless for statistical purposes. If they at least broke it down to categories where Cat A would be trivial and Cat B more serious serious, there might be some point but, as it is, we have palate cauterisation (routinely performed by several top trainers) and hobday/tie-back covered by the same term.
edgt
Senior Jockey
Geoffrey Braine sr was the man for hobday when I were a little 'un.
He perfected his craft during WW 2 doing the operation on thousands of donkeys used for carrying supplies to the front line; their inability to bray meant they could their duties in silence.
From his Cheltenham based equine practice he toured these islands performing this 20 minute op, his travels brought him to Wexford a few times yearly where 100 plus horses would be lined up for surgery.
Fibre optic scopes, stationary and at exercise gave a better account visually of what the problem was and which procedure best to use.
He perfected his craft during WW 2 doing the operation on thousands of donkeys used for carrying supplies to the front line; their inability to bray meant they could their duties in silence.
From his Cheltenham based equine practice he toured these islands performing this 20 minute op, his travels brought him to Wexford a few times yearly where 100 plus horses would be lined up for surgery.
Fibre optic scopes, stationary and at exercise gave a better account visually of what the problem was and which procedure best to use.
