Anybody know what happened?

Lost Cause: 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

imallin: Condolences Barry.

Barry Irwin: 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.

jack72906: Sorry for the loss Barry.

jma11473: That\'s terrible Barry, my condolences.

Ian Meyers: Barry, my condolences as well.  You guys did a great job with him throughout his way too short career.

Barry Irwin: 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).

sighthound: 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.