St Nicholas Abbey continues battle for life
Injured erstwhile racehorse St Nicholas Abbey is struggling to recover from laminitis inwards his close fore hoof, which occurred afterward a colic assault during recovery from a broken pastern.
Coolmore Stud said on Th that St Nicholas Abbey was struggling to overcome the upshot too it was life threatening.
“The worry is that if the status progresses too farther sinking of the pedal os takes house it may prolapse through the sole of his foot.”
But Coolmore said that despite this, St Nicholas Abbey is “very comfortable, beingness simply a niggling ouchy when walking inwards his root steps too improve thereafter, his appetite too behavior rest incredibly good.”
The stud said his intensive veterinarian handling continues included maggot therapy for the slight discharge at the toe of the laminitic human foot too a daily session on a vibrating plate.
“The adjacent few weeks are critical for St Nicholas Abbey – nosotros are simply hoping that he tin plough the corner.”
The six-year-old bay stallion is i of the biggest money-winning horses inwards European racing history, earning £4.95 1000000 (about $US8 million) too winning nine races earlier his devastating injury.
Just 2 days afterward he underwent a major leg functioning at Fethard Equine Hospital inwards July, he had to direct maintain emergency surgical operation to last treated for colic.
Another setback occurred inwards August when a steel weight-bearing pivot inwards a cannon os had broken.
St Nicholas Abbey’s medical squad includes Dr Tom O’Brien too Dr Ger Kelly of Fethard Equine Hospital, too United States of America based Dr Nathan Slovis (medicine specialist at the Hagyard Institute inwards Kentucky), Dr Dean Richardson (Head of Surgery at New Bolton Centre Pennsylvania) too Dr Scott Morrison (Head of podiatry at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital inwards Kentucky).
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