I'd SMS'd a friend whose son said he arrived back in Sydney yesterday, for a breakfast meet-up (half as a joke as his fiance would want him wholey!) and as has been happening lately, looked up from work (typing or writing) and noticed hours had gone past - this time it meant the shopping centre was open and i could get some more printing toner.
So i set off, deciding that the renovated moore's cafe (they've made it one '0' now) with its excellent tables and plates (they're huge and square) would be the place to go if not too crowded and had at least one other single person in it (!), and found to my relief that it had the sunday papers.
Anyway that relief turned me into a near-crybaby as i got to page 3. When i'd gone to the pub for a late arvo g&t, my mate said it was Mummify that had 'broken down' ... we had a near-argument as he kept saying it came third how could it have been blocked (i cant quite remember the word i used) and i kept explaining that what i meant was was its injury due to another rider or obstruction... i still haven't worked out what happened, except this article on page 3 said that the trainer, lee freedman, cried his eyes out and implored the vets to save him if at all possible.
There's a movie, though i can't remember which one, where a horse is in a sling - two straps keep it elevated off the ground. While one'd immediately imagine the [bed] 'strap' sores, and the fact that the vets would have normally put him down, the look on the horse's face (i knew a horse had been injured but not which one) just after it happened, was similar to the look on Railings face when it was led into the mounting yard as the hero... he piped down once his strapper took the lead, it was as plain as day - Mummify looked to be looking round for someone too, or just plain staggered that it wasn't being lead into the mounting yard itself. No Wonder Lee Freedman was so upset. Apparently the foreleg sesamoid bone that he's broken is behind the fetlock and carries the weight.
Then later, once home, my friend for breakfast rang - he's still overseas until tomorrow!!! LOL
So i set off, deciding that the renovated moore's cafe (they've made it one '0' now) with its excellent tables and plates (they're huge and square) would be the place to go if not too crowded and had at least one other single person in it (!), and found to my relief that it had the sunday papers.
Anyway that relief turned me into a near-crybaby as i got to page 3. When i'd gone to the pub for a late arvo g&t, my mate said it was Mummify that had 'broken down' ... we had a near-argument as he kept saying it came third how could it have been blocked (i cant quite remember the word i used) and i kept explaining that what i meant was was its injury due to another rider or obstruction... i still haven't worked out what happened, except this article on page 3 said that the trainer, lee freedman, cried his eyes out and implored the vets to save him if at all possible.
There's a movie, though i can't remember which one, where a horse is in a sling - two straps keep it elevated off the ground. While one'd immediately imagine the [bed] 'strap' sores, and the fact that the vets would have normally put him down, the look on the horse's face (i knew a horse had been injured but not which one) just after it happened, was similar to the look on Railings face when it was led into the mounting yard as the hero... he piped down once his strapper took the lead, it was as plain as day - Mummify looked to be looking round for someone too, or just plain staggered that it wasn't being lead into the mounting yard itself. No Wonder Lee Freedman was so upset. Apparently the foreleg sesamoid bone that he's broken is behind the fetlock and carries the weight.
Then later, once home, my friend for breakfast rang - he's still overseas until tomorrow!!! LOL
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