Real Savvy Update

Real Savvy had his second breeze yesterday since shipping in to Payson Park, covering a half-mile in :51 flat. Team Clement has observed that he has been making some noise during training since rejoining the barn, and put a dynamic scope on him for the work to evaluate his airway while under the stress of exercise.

The dynamic scope revealed that the left arytenoid cartilage does not fully abduct—meaning his airway is not opening fully.

In some cases, decreased arytenoid function would warrant a tie-back surgery, but for now Dr. Karen Beste of Palm Beach Equine Clinic, who performed the initial evaluation; and Dr. Gary Priest, who provided a second opinion, believe we should continue on unless and until Real Savvy’s performance seems impacted by his asymmetrical airway.
Dr. Beste said, “My thought is to take him to a race and see how he runs. If he runs poorly then take him to surgery. If he runs well keep going and if his performance starts to drop recheck and do the surgery then. This will give you some assurance that the procedure is absolutely necessary. Dr. Priest is in agreement.”

This is no doubt frustrating news and unfortunate timing, but we at least take it as a positive that the vets do not believe that surgery is definitely necessary at this time. We’ll continue to let Christophe monitor the situation and go from there.

Real Savvy Update

Ciaran Dunne provided an update on Real Savvy ahead of our MyRacehorse Ocala Showcase. Your 2-year-old ridgling by Authentic has remained in good order while galloping daily at Wavertree Stable. As you will hear from Ciaran, Real Savvy continues to move forward in his training while still improving both mentally and physically. He presents all the qualities of a classic two turn horse and we look forward to watching him mature further.

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Real Savvy Update

Real Savvy is doing great at Wavertree Stables under the care of Ciaran Dunne. Your leggy 2-year-old ridgling looked like a picture of health and certainly isn’t hard to spot on the track. Ciaran continues to be pleased with the way this horse trains and tentatively plans to start minor speed work with him next Tuesday.

Ciaran and our team will get with Christophe Clement to develop a plan based on when he would prefer to move this son of Authentic into his barn. Given the size of this horse, while we can’t expect him to be a very early type Ciaran has remained impressed with how athletic and how easy he does everything. We will see how he handles his initial speed work as this will be a good indicator of the pace we need to progress at.