Brother Derek to get nuclear scan

[sighthound]

www.drf.com    Brother Derek, who finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, will undergo tests next week to determine if he should remain in training or be given a break, trainer Dan Hendricks said.  The tests are expected to include a nuclear scan, which can detect hard-to-find problems, if any exist.

[tmon]

Sheesh why not just give him a vacation? He\'s had a number of hard races.

[jbelfior]

I feel bad for what happened to Dan Hendricks,the person.

As far as I\'m concerned, Dan Hendricks the trainer couldn\'t get a horse to take a dump.



Good Luck,
Joe B.

[Uncle Buck]

Brother Derek is a slightly new and improved version of Came Home. Only that one didn\'t get wheeled back for the Preakness.

BD will have a useful Western US campaign. He\'s just not really that good nor a champion

[alm]

When BD was loading into the gate for the Preakness I told my girlfriend, this one finishes off the board...something is wrong...he was hurting.

Was I the only guy who saw the kidney sweat building throughout his warmup?  This wasn\'t mere nervousness...he was way off.

They wouldn\'t do a nuclear scan if he wasn\'t hurt or showing serious discomfort.  Xrays don\'t reveal very much beyond obvious fractures.  He\'s got something else.

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

alm Wrote:
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> When BD was loading into the gate for the
> Preakness I told my girlfriend, this one finishes
> off the board...something is wrong...he was
> hurting.
>
> Was I the only guy who saw the kidney sweat
> building throughout his warmup?  This wasn\'t mere
> nervousness...he was way off.
>
> They wouldn\'t do a nuclear scan if he wasn\'t hurt
> or showing serious discomfort.  Xrays don\'t reveal
> very much beyond obvious fractures.  He\'s got
> something else.

Fourth isn\'t exactly off the board. There was a superfecta and he had to be included.

The horse has a penchant for kidney sweating. He also broke poorly, maybe that was condition, but he did take a rap to the snoot.

He deserved some time off. He\'ll be back a lot sooner than Barbaro. Speaking of which, one more Barbaro story from the DRF or Bloodhorse and about ten thousand handicappers are going to founder.

[jbelfior]

CTC---

\"He\'ll be back sooner than Barbaro.\".......Man, that\'s cold.

Here\'s a prediction: From here on in, BROTHER DEREK wins as many more races as BARBARO.



Good Luck,
Joe B.

[shanahan]

tha tis cold...the Brother Derek hat is going into the closet.