Quality Road - doubtful

[rosewood]

Jimbo,

I had a brain fart...Disregard last post... wrong groom !

[BB]

Northern Dancer.

I googled \"Northern Dancer hoof problems\" and one of the results is a Google Books preview of a bio of EP Taylor. The book says ND had a quarter crack prior to the Remsen (as a 2yo, obvs), but still ran in and won the Remsen (with the crack still present !!!). After the Remsen, they found a vet who had a new way of \"patching\" cracks (so that you didn\'t have to turn them out for months on end and let it heal naturally). They patched him, and, within a month or so, he started that string of graded victories Richiebee listed, culminating in the Derby victory. He also won the Preakness, but was denied the Triple Crown by Quadrangle.

[richiebee]

Good detective work, BB.

Speaking of books and Northern Dancer, \"The Kingmaker\" by Avalyn Hunter is very
good.

Reading this book one learns how Charlie Whittingham, fresh out of the Marines,
got a lot of his training experience by being an assistant to Horatio Luro; it
was a combination of learning from Luro and also having to run the stable when
Luro\'s social schedule prevented him from being in the barn in the morning.

Hunter also retells an oft told story of how the assignation which resulted in
the great runner/stallion Nijinsky could only be accomplished when they dug a
pit for Flaming Page to stand in so the famously short- statured ND could
properly mount her and take care of business.

All in all, a very good retelling of the story of the thoroughbred who, more
than any other, changed the landscape of Racing in the latter half of the 20th
Century.

[SoCalMan2]

Silver Charm Wrote:
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> He will be the 7/2 ML fav
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> Both you guys go and get all you can
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> Also name me ONE Derby winner with a quarter crack


Didn\'t Big Brown win the derby last year with a quarter crack or two?  Isn\'t that the farrier/hoofman-to-the-stars claim-to-fame job?

[HP]

I believe Big Brown had a quarter crack a little earlier in the prep season, then it healed up for the Derby, and then it came back before the Belmont.  Could be wrong but that is my recollection.  It was still a factor for people who wanted to throw him out...  HP

[miff]

HP,

BB had 3 quarter cracks,2 before the Belmont which were growing out/had grown out.QR has to handle the interruptions and the cracks but maybe his superior talent to 18 of these will allow him to overcome.

Update; he\'s out!

Mike