Reply With QuoteI hear that Blacks A Fake is now back and fast working. Told ya. Never bet against a Champion. They dust themselves off and keep on rolling.
I was looking foward to seeing him when visiting Mark's place inter wk i was thinking we might of got a close up whilst Nat was staying there, but to her credit she has always stated that the horse comes first and she must think he won't be ready for the inter. Has anyone heard if he will continue or will he be retired.
I hear that Blacks A Fake is now back and fast working. Told ya. Never bet against a Champion. They dust themselves off and keep on rolling.
If all goes well in the next couple of hit out's there planning on trialing him next thursday.
Go you good thing!
Sorry, cant see how a horse with what appears to be ongoing atrial fibrillation attacks can be expected to continue to race at the highest level as he has done. Any other horse would probably have been retired.Blackie has nothing to prove. He is the greatest pacer ever to race in Australasia,as well as being the greatest stakes earning pacer in the world. For goodness sake,think of the horses well being,he's going on 11years old.Give him a good paddock with a few other horses to enjoy his retirement. If they take him to N.Z.I don't think he will be a major influence.
By way of repeating part of an earlier post of mine to this thread...
Diagnosed quickly and treated properly, if the resting heart rate is less than 60bpm, if the fibrillation has been going on for less than 4 months & if there's no associated heart murmur to speak of...then there's a better than 95% recovery rate from Atrial Fibrillation. Even with readings that exceed those parameters there's still an 80%+ chance of a complete recovery.
why risk that 5-20% with such a champion, would be a very sad day to see him tailed off in the inter final or heats with AF
Natalie would no more do anything that could harm the horse than she would cut her own left leg off with the dull edge of a soup spoon.
If she thought that there was any risk at all to BAF then he wouldn't be leaving his box & day yard let alone hopping a plane & flying to NZ.
Last edited by triplev123; 03-03-2011 at 11:08 AM. Reason: spelling errors
Yes sad but no point worry about what ifs. If it happens it happens but the horses long term health isnt at risk. And honestly he wont be remembered for something like thatt, he will be remembered for his 4 Inter wins. The AR Gold Coast Inter failure is all but forgotten and the same will happen with BAF if something bad was to happen.Originally Posted by buster
The horse is fine.
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