ruffianlover

1. Winstar is nuts if they think Country Grammar has a shot for the eclipse. Lost to royal ship in his first race and barely beat him by a nostril in the Gold Cup 2. Good. I hope that lowlife Bob loses all his horses. Not only are his horses limited to very few races but I would not want to chance any DQ happening with my horse with him.

Yeah I mean it wasn’t hard to see essential never quit in the derby and just couldn’t make up ground after the bumper car start and being so wide throughout. He’s a very game horse that loves 10-12F. Can’t wait to see him in the travels and Classic

Nah I wasn’t a fan of those two

Both horses always give their best and never quit in the stretch

It’s crazy how :24 is a good ending split in a 12F race like this, but in Australia Winx was running :21 splits back to back at the end of her races like a freaking Ferrari and making it look easy.

Or if essential wasn’t so wide

Immediately after his derby loss I called him the best horse in this crop still and that the should skip the Preakness and go to win the Belmont. People thought I was nuts. But his pedigree, his running style, and the race he ran in the derby all screamed distance. I still think he can be beat in a shorter race where he gets a wide or bad trip, but IMO he is still the best horse of this crop. He never quits, has heart, and always gives it everything he’s got in the stretch. Hot rod Charlie ran a fantastic race. That was probably the best Belmont battle I’ve seen since Union rags and Paynter in 2012!

You prescribed this to your patients who were horses or humans? As I am currently still working in the veterinary industry as a licensed technician and practice manager, I can assure you that using steroids left and right is a very ‘old school’ method of medicine, and they are not routinely used as often as they used to be due to the side effects. Our vets have only routinely prescribed corticosteroids (which is almost always oral prednisone) in the event that it is a major inflammatory infection usually involving both yeast AND pseudomonas. If fungal culture reveals solely fungal infection, we always start with non steroid treatment first.

More excuses. Anyone with half a brain knew this horse was very beatable with any type of pressure applied on the backside. Everyone was calling him the best of the crop after an uncontested lead the entire derby. The horse is one dimensional like 99% of Baffert horses are. Essential Quality is still the best of this crop. Awesome finish by Rom. No matter what he did in this race it was always going to be overshadowed by the steroid trainer. Hopefully we see a Rom/ EQ showdown in the Belmont.

It is definitely not routinely used for fungal rashes, and I can attest to that since I have worked in the veterinary field for over 11 years.