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Title: Fabulous Strike
Post by: Wrongly on July 29, 2008, 04:27:59 PM
Anyone know if last year\'s Vosburgh winner Fabulous Strike was injured?  If so what was the injury?
Title: Re: Fabulous Strike
Post by: BitPlayer on July 29, 2008, 07:24:55 PM
From DRF article about Saturday\'s races at Mountaineer:

Fabulous Strike, one of the nation\'s top sprinters who was scratched from last weekend\'s Alfred Vanderbilt at Saratoga because of a foot injury, may run in the $110,000 Harvey Arneault Memorial at six furlongs. In case Fabulous Strike isn\'t ready, trainer Todd Beattie also entered Are You Serious.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/96816.html

Earlier article describing injury:

According to Beattie, Fabulous Strike ripped off a piece of the frog on the bottom of his front left foot. Beattie said the injury would be similar to \"peeling off layers of skin under your heel.\"

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/breederscup08/news/story?id=3503197
Title: Re: Fabulous Strike
Post by: Wrongly on July 30, 2008, 06:20:08 AM
Bitplayer

Thanks for the info.  I just had to wonder why he was entered in the 6th at Mountaineer this Saturday.
Title: Re: Mountaineer
Post by: BitPlayer on July 30, 2008, 07:08:16 AM
It sure is a commentary on how slots are changing the game that, on a Saturday afternoon when both Saratoga and Del Mar are running, ESPN will be at Mountaineer.