synchronised picture in the sun

ladyt25 said:
Gosh, just from that pic you just wouldn't really think anything was wrong. Had paddy fallen at that fence and then saw Sychronised fall? God, it's just so frustrating really isn't it, he fell but gets up and is ok (I assume) and yet injures himself jumping free. :(

Also, what an ignorant woman saying that re horse limb fractures. Yep some can be fixed but it depends on the nature of the break and also how well the horse is going to cope with the rest and the recuperation and we all know that some just won't do very well. There are so many things to consider before attempting to treat. I am pretty damn sure if anything could have been done it would have been.
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This is the comment from the article, so nice of Paddy to help as best he could at a tragic time.

Jockey Paddy Brennan yesterday explained how he spotted injured Synchronised after he pulled up at the 11th fence and stayed with him as vets administered a lethal injection. The scene — screened off from racegoers by Aintree workers — was captured on camera by Sun reader Jonathan Stuart who stood nearby. Paddy said of Synchronised who lost his jockey Tony McCoy at an earlier fence: “I was just making sure he was OK. I put my arms around his neck to soothe him, telling him he was OK. It was very sad.”


As for the woman talking about the fractures; It is this sort of uneducated comment that adds fuel to the fire about "disposable" horses. She obviously has no bloody clue what she is talking about and should hang her head, and retract the statement while she's at it!!
 
The body language of Paddy Brennan really does say it all. So sad that Synchronised should have gone over the Rainbow Bridge like this.

Perhaps the expert should read up about Barbaro, who broke down in the Preakness Stakes, suffering a break to his right hind leg. They tried to save him, he developed laminitis in the other hind foot and in his front feet. He was put to sleep after 8 months of trying.

Some fractures can be plated, some are just too catastrophic.

R.I.P. Synchronised and enjoy jumping fences in pastures new.
 
bit off topic but i worked in racing and had one break his leg on a course... he didnt break it going over a fence, he broke it about 3 strides before the jump (you could see in the replay) i didnt realise he had broken his leg until i went to catch him, the stewards had hold of him and as i got to him i just saw him collapse on the floor from where they had already put him down... its an awful thing to happen as well as see it first hand... he was the only one that died in the ten years i worked there thankfully. imho i think they should have withdrawn syncrinosed after he got loose going down to the start .... x
 
I'm glad to have seen this compassionate and bittersweet picture - and glad he had a kind word and touch at the end.
My old companion pony broke his leg last week and it wasn't a question for me that he would be put to sleep.
Not because of the money ,or time but because it was the kindest option for him.
 
fernamber said:
bit off topic but i worked in racing and had one break his leg on a course... he didnt break it going over a fence, he broke it about 3 strides before the jump (you could see in the replay) i didnt realise he had broken his leg until i went to catch him, the stewards had hold of him and as i got to him i just saw him collapse on the floor from where they had already put him down... its an awful thing to happen as well as see it first hand... he was the only one that died in the ten years i worked there thankfully. imho i think they should have withdrawn syncrinosed after he got loose going down to the start .... x
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I completely agree with you he should have been x
 
I'm quite shocked by the amount of people who can't identify an obvious injury here?!

On the main point of this thread - yes very nice of the jockey who comforted and stayed with poor Synchronised, such a difficult and harrowing situation to be in.
 
What a lovely picture in a very sad situation.

A little bit off topic but I was surprised to read that Synchronised was pts by injection - I don't why but I always thought that a gun/bolt was used, maybe because the injection can be difficult with all the adrenaline ruahing around the horse in circs like these?
 
cbmcts said:
What a lovely picture in a very sad situation.

A little bit off topic but I was surprised to read that Synchronised was pts by injection - I don't why but I always thought that a gun/bolt was used, maybe because the injection can be difficult with all the adrenaline ruahing around the horse in circs like these?
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I believe injection is used due to possible danger of a stray bullet/bolt in the case of a "miss". Lots of people around. Also less shocking for joe public as they don't hear anything.
 
Super_Kat said:
My thoughts exactly :confused: He just looks like he's standing skewiff, hock doesn't look massive, just at a different angle.
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The lack of definition around the bony points shows considerable swelling. I have had two horses with hock fractures. One had to be PTS as there was a hairline fracture right through the hock. The other was operated on as it was just a chip and came 100% sound. Both looked the same from the outside but with much different prognosis. I am not sure how a decision could have been made in Syncronised case without xray though.
 
Wagtail said:
The lack of definition around the bony points shows considerable swelling. I have had two horses with hock fractures. One had to be PTS as there was a hairline fracture right through the hock. The other was operated on as it was just a chip and came 100% sound. Both looked the same from the outside but with much different prognosis. I am not sure how a decision could have been made in Syncronised case without xray though.
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Extract taken from....http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/sep/23/claims-five-broken-leg-horse?CMP=twt_gu that might explain.


4) Horses are sometimes put down very quickly on the racecourse. Is it possible to make a proper assessment so quickly?
Hall: "Because of the way the emergency services are deployed on the racecourse, the first opinion, the first veterinary surgeon to attend the horse, will be there very quickly because he will have been following the race [in a vehicle on the inside of the course].

"His colleague, because there are always multiple veterinarians on duty to cover a race meeting, paid for by the racecourses, will be there very quickly. For the horse to have a full clinical assessment and second opinion can be done very quickly.

"The horses that have fatal injuries, they have very extreme injuries. There's no possible misunderstanding of those. The horse will not have a supporting limb. The limb that he's injured will no longer be able to take any weight."

Racecourses, Hall said, are very efficient at transporting any connections from the grandstand to the injured horse, "so everyone connected with that horse will have been able to assess the situation and understand the severity of the situation".

"If the horse can travel comfortably, safely, off the racecourse, then the horse will go back in the horse ambulance and be taken to the veterinary treatment area, where time can be taken to evaluate the horse further and decide whether he needs to go off to hospital. [Those present can] make a proper, informed decision as to what exactly the injury is and how realistic it is for the horse's long-term future and welfare, whether repair is a good option."

In contrast to the fear behind my question, that critical decisions are being made very quickly, Hall and Morris cited a recent case at Sandown where some of those in the crowd apparently expressed concern that it took a long time for the vet to put a horse down after it had broken a limb in front of the stands.

In fact, they pointed out, the vet had given the horse a painkilling injection as soon as he arrived on the scene, as is standard practice. The horse was in no pain and there was time to make a thorough examination and reach an unhurried decision.
 
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