Desert War out of the spring carnival
 

Desert War back to the spelling paddock after the gelding was found to have strained his near foreleg following a below par performance in a recent Rosehill barrier trial.

Geez that is bad news but at least they discovered the injury early enough to hopefully rectify

Got to laugh. An article in our local press this morning has Gai Waterhouse claiming the reason for his poor barrier trial performance was that Desert War was fat and unfit :)

Being fat and unfit could have been a factor in sustaining the injury during the trial!

What were they thinking :rolleyes:

should have had liposuction pre trial

Brissie campaign alittle greedy maybe ?? ,,,and especially after that gutbuster Gold Coast run...But Gai runs them in anything and always has..

interesting to see how good Hawkes will do after giving alot of his talented young stars a very easy time...me thinks he'll be dominating this spring and beyond..

Monitoring / managing / publicising a horse's weight is something that has been touched upon now & again on various racing forums in the past. Has some merit imo.

sounds like Robbie :D

LOL

Works OK with greyhounds but never thought about a similar process for horses!?!

How long is he out for?

12 weeks

That long!! I thought it was less.

thats what it says on Gai's website

thats what it says on Gais website

Ok, thanks. That would rule out the Summer carnival!

yep aiming for the 2008 autumn carnival

The extra rest will probably prove a blessing, very hard campaign that last one!

Read an article some time back where in the UK they were looking at mandatory weighing of all horses before a race. Don't know the outcome.

2008 autumn carnival,,,fancy that,,,desert war will have to face the 2nd stringers again :rolleyes:

speaking of horses that are out, has OUR SMOKING JOE been retired? He hasnt been nom'd for 1 of the big races this spring?

Read somewhere that Ambitious General has been sold to Hong Kong interests