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Barakey fractures knee

West Australian Racing
PerthTurfTalkPerthTurfTalk    3,054 posts
edited March 2013 West Australian Racing

X Rays have confirmed Barakey has fractured his knee in the Newmarket last weekend and will need at least six months in the paddock after he is operated on next week.

The Autumn turned out to be a disaster for Barakey after being scratched at the barriers and missing the Oakleigh Plate, then falling victim to injury in the Newmarket.

This is tragic news, not only for connections, but WA racing fans as a whole.
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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    when you read that you just sort of wish it was nothing more than a bad run...

    Best wishes to the owners for the future
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  • bradybrady    1,463 posts
    Hope the champ recovers well !
    It's a tough game a little bit of luck goes a
    long way .
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  • AndrewCarterAndrewCarter    2,171 posts
    As I said previously there had to be something wrong for it to perform that poorly, interrupted prep or not.
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  • darkshinesdarkshines    2,837 posts
    Amazing to me that people bag the approach JT has taken with him thus far. Up until last weekend, he'd earnt $400K in glorified barrier trials, all the while never been screwed down / put under any real pressure for one even one second. Then one real test at his previous to last run in Winterbottom - which he passed with flying colours.

    Or you could put him in deep end start 4, and get something like this - horse possibly stuffed forever with bugger all in the kitty.

    He's banked easy coin AND allowed the horse to develop/mature/furnish . . . yet somehow it is 'gutless' programming. Fair dinkum.

    Wonder how many starts Hay List would've had if he wasn't looked after by JT. Probably a handful.

    8-}
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  • ChrisChris    5,734 posts
    Very sad news
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  • RadmanRadman    1,992 posts
    Yep bummer. All the best to the Barakey connections.

    The whole Melbourne thing turned out shit but good on 'em for having a crack.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,495 posts
    its a wonder he even finished the race with a fractured knee.
    surely brown realised there was something radically wrong...why did he not pull the horse up?
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  • AquanitaAquanita    566 posts
    We mere mortals can only aspire to be as good as you Falc :))
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  • everreadyeverready    282 posts
    IMO the reason hay list raced 2 where he did was beacuase he was well preserved early by J T hav a look at
    how long ideylic prince raced at the top level here Barakay was just unlucky with that knee #-o #-o
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  • FrenchmanFrenchman    12 posts
    Falc we must of watched a different Newmarket, when he was gone at 600 Brown stopped riding him and he eased him back through the field, he didnt even whip him at that stage and his action at the time didnt appear bad, and it wasn't a slab fracture, Taylor had already stated on radio he had a spur and it had obviously snapped off, he also stated track was like concrete! When I watched the race I was thinking to myself Something must be wrong because Brown hardly moved on him. I also didnt think much of his jump out and maybe Jim had been having problems keeping him up.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,495 posts
    i now abide by your inf. frenchman.
    my mistake.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,495 posts
    info.
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