Anybody know what happened?
JR Wrote:
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> Anybody know what happened?
Barry Irwin was quoted in the article..maybe he has some insight..
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/51280/sailors-cap-dies-days-after-winning-poker
Condolences Barry.
What a game this is!
The horse spiked a temp yesterday.
It never got above 102, which is not very high.
Suddenly, at 4:30 Wednesday morning, he simply collapsed in his stall at Belmont Park.
We are having an autopsy performed.
J. J. Toner suspects that he may have had an undected abscess in a lung that may have burst under the stress of the race. He did have a lung infection last year.
I am mystified.
Sorry for the loss Barry.
That\'s terrible Barry, my condolences.
Barry, my condolences as well. You guys did a great job with him throughout his way too short career.
FYI, initial necropsy shows that he died of probable cardiac arrest from an underlying condition of Colitis X
(http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1790040) caused by the deadly bacteria Clostridium perfringens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_perfringens).
Barry, that\'s a terrible thing. My condolences to you all. Thank you for sharing that private info and making it public. That\'s good for the sport.