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NAVAL FLEET (S Collett) – Shifted inwards approaching the 100 metres making contact with the running rail, blundering badly, dislodging rider S Collett and dislodging a portion of the running rail. Rider S Collett was examined by St John paramedics and cleared to continue with her remaining rides. Connections were advised that NAVAL FLEET must trial to the satisfaction of stewards prior to starting next. A post-race veterinary inspection revealed NAVAL FLEET to be 1/5 lame in the right foreleg.

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5 minutes ago, Freda said:

Wtf does 1/5 lame supposed to mean?

I noticed the horse changed legs several times in the last 600m.

Who needs a vet, we've got Google

Grading the Lameness


Grade 1.

    The lameness is not recognizable at the walk, but is evident at the trot.  Usually, with a forelimb lameness, the horse's head drops down when the sound foot lands and raises up to its regular height when the affected side lands.  There may be an asymmetry in the gluteal rise with hind limb lameness.  There also may be an audible difference between the landing of the sound foot versus the lame foot (i.e. the horse lands with less weight on the lame foot).  Grade 1 lameness' are most typical in chronic, nonprogressive diseases.

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40 minutes ago, hesi said:

So back to the thread, they'll be starting to call you other names soon, is it likely a change in colour of the running rail could have spooked Naval Fleet

If the change of colour caused it to spook wouldnt it spooked outwards ?   However I do subcribe to your theory of the change of colour after seeing white all the way up the straight then suddenly cease may be it didnt notice that the rail did still exist, it wasnt a major prop sideways more a lean over to end up brushing the rail heavily.

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