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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:25 PM Original message |
14 horses die just before polo match |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. How awful - I would say it's probably poisoning. n/t |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. that was my guess too n/t |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Chinese horse feed? Contaminated water source? n/t |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's horrible! Foul play? nt |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's the Rat Poison Maude |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. mass suicide? |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. More likely a murder suicide. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. It neighs and neighs and doesn't want to anything for overrich, so it's a Jonestown! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Whoa! That sure sounds suspcious. nt |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. on a related note, we need vet ambulances |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. the vet cancer place I take my cat to has an ambulance. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. something in the water? what else would they have in common internally at one site? |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. the water does suck here. hopefully not enough to kill you, though. if it does, i'm dead! |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. wellington... |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. i don't know how to SURVIVE without a negative attitude anymore |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Was it just Venezuelan horses that died? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Venezuela? Could be a Hugo hate-factor at work here.... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. See #50 |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. what a tragedy! that'll be the end of wellington, i guess |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. 14 horses in that short of a time span... |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. i've never seen a polo match, but i've seen them practicing. looks very strenuous |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I don't know about you, but if I saw 14 football players drop dead before a game, |
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Dirigo (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Polo Moving North to Port St. Lucie |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. i see you're familiar with it, then! |
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Dirigo (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Palm Beach County A Living Hell |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. rural's always best, isn't it! there's a lot to be said for knowing your neighbors. |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Insurance scam? |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. but it may be a renewal for "beef" Wellington! nt |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thoroughbred horses dropping dead, the Derby is in 2 weeks! |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Polo horses aren't racing horses... |
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Dirigo (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Strenuous on the horses, yes, but... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I worked at the Palm Beach Polo Club... |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 05:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. If it were some disease |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. what does disease have to do... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. sad. n/t |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Someone's flunking Chemistry... |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
47. My thought exactly... |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'll bet Tony Soprano's horses are still alive. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. My first thought is that |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. Goddammit. |
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KathieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's looking like they were poisoned... |
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BabyDoe (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
33. VEE can not be discounted as a cause of horse disaster |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. yikes - a serious mosquito-borne illness that can affect humans in florida - sounds scary! |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Or trich. |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
39. The horses all belonged to the same team. It sounds like poisoning--accidental or otherwise. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. Death count now at 21 horses |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. What a tragedy! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. UPDATE: 21 Horses injected with cleaning fluid. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. This is pure speculation on my part, but after reading that article |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. About the Team's Owner, Victor Vargas |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. how could cleaning fluid get into a vitamin shot? n/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Easy--it wasn't a vitamin shot.. |
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doodadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
53. This wouldn't be contagion |
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doodadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. I just had another thought here....... |
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mantis49 (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
55. Some years ago, Lippizaner stallions |
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