Nasal Strips

[johnnym]

Heard the comment, I shook my head, damn media, love them when you are against there horse, hate them when they won\'t stop talking about your horse..
Rangers up 2-0 won 5 in a row back to the Garden..

[rhagood]

Chrome had heel issues and changed to padded shoes, but this occurred after the 1st jump up in December. It certainly has helped prevent any setbacks or training delays.  Per DRF


CYPRESS, Calif. -- With white hooves on all four feet, Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome always has needed a little extra attention to hoof care, and his trainer, Art Sherman, said blacksmith Judd Fisher came up with a unique solution. California Chrome races in glue-on shoes, but the shoes are not glued on, they are affixed with nails.

The shoe, not the glue, is the reason, Sherman said. The shoes that California Chrome wears "help so he doesn't go back on his heels," Sherman said.


"All horses with four white feet are prone to needing more care because of the lack of pigmentation. The hoofs can be shellier," Sherman said this weekend at Los Alamitos, where he is overseeing his local stable before heading to Pimlico this week for the Preakness Stakes. "It takes more effort to keep them in shape.

"We're always working on his feet. Horses with white hooves, they have a tendency to have problems if you don't keep up with them."

Sherman said that California Chrome was having trouble with his heels last year at age 2. According to Sherman, Fisher liked the way the padding in the glue-on shoes he prefers raised the heels of California Chrome's hooves. So Fisher buys glue-on shoes, and then drills holes in the shoes so they can be affixed with nails.

"We could see he needed a little help, nothing major," Sherman said. "You have to trust your blacksmith. It was Judd's idea. You've got to let the experts do it. If you have a gut feeling it might be the right situation, you have to go for it."

Sherman said Fisher shoes all the horses in his barn. "He's a young, strong kid," Sherman said.

Fisher was at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. "He didn't want to miss it," Sherman said. "He'd never been."

California Chrome was freshly shod prior to the Derby. Since he is shod every 30 days, Sherman said, he will not need fresh plates for the Preakness.

It's a labor-intensive process, but there's no denying the results so far. Sherman said California Chrome started being shod in this fashion after he won the King Glorious Stakes at Hollywood Park on Dec. 22. That was the start of what is now a five-race win streak, so he has worn the new shoes for four races, including the Derby.

"This is new for me. But it must've worked. You can't say I'm old-fashioned about everything," Sherman said, laughing.

[rhagood]

Background below on the early use of the Flair product, as an aside I do know the cough which Chrome has it most likely allergies to the dust in his hay, often occurring when introduced to a change in hay when he shipped. In the late 80\' we used wood shavings instead to keep the dust down and they are still widely used today.


Run, Baby, Run: What Every Owner, Breeder & Handicapper ...
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Bill Heller - 2002 - ‎Medical
Still, it was a compelling image in the winner\'s circle after the 1999 Breeders\' Cup Classic. Cat Thief was wearing a nasal strip, and so was his jockey, Pat Day, ...

[rhagood]

Further background:

http://www.flairstrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TrainerColor-v1.pdf

and also:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/for-these-olympic-athletes-breathing-easy-isnt-horseplay-72995397.html

[Beginner]

Happened to catch a little bit of Letterman last night.  He also mentioned it in his monologue.  Made a bad joke about how the powers that be would let CC run with the nasal strip, but they put their foot down when Sherman asked if CC could run with his reading glasses. When I think of breathing strips, I don\'t think of old guys trying to stop snoring - I think of Jerry Rice catching TD passes.  Ironically, that reference probably makes me old!  In any event, the topic certainly seems widespread - I don\'t know what the record is on TG for # of posts in a string, but this has to be getting close...

[joemama]

Yes, this nasal strip thing brought out the stupidity in all of us.

[msola1]

Not wanting to be left of that last comment, I recall in the early nineties that some (other) competitive road runners began using them and touting their benefits. I don\'t recall whether the strips caused these guys\' times to improve, and the strips  seemed to disappear after a few years.

Mike

[justwin]

Maybe we need a new TG notation - first time nasal strips. Curious as to what the move up % on this is, if any.

[miff]

TAP used them on a few my friends horses that raced outside of NY.....nutin!

[bigbeaz]

After we\'ve exhausted this topic we can talk about my zero impulse momentum putter I designed that is all the rage.   I also used to work for the CIA and NSA.

[smalltimer]

Remember on 5/19 when I said one of us would be right and the other one would be full of #%^&?  Since I was right, guess we know who was full of #$%^.

[Boscar Obarra]

are you referring to your fantasy that you were able to detect \'tiredness\' that would be a factor three weeks hence?

 I didn\'t need to wait for the result to know who was fos