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| Chris Ryder & Tim Tetrick with Charlie De Vie |
When
Ryder and I went to the table and I asked him about Charlie De Vie, he told me
it is a story. “He came down with EPM (Equine Protozoal Encephalytis)” Chris
Ryder said. For those of you who don’t know, EPM is a condition that affects
the brain of a horse and what it controls. It mostly affects his muscle
control.
“He
always broke from EPM,” Ryder said. Note that Chris did not know at this time
Charlie De Vie had EPM.
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| Charlie De Vie in one of his biggest romps |
“I
pulled his hind shoes in the Hambletonian elimination and it didn’t work. I put
hopples on him and he won three straight. He went and won in the Colonial at
Chester, the $200,000 one. He went and won at Tioga, in the Zweig, in 1:53.2
and Broad Bahn went in 1:55.” Ryder stated.
“Then,
he broke in the Canadian Trotting Classic elimination, he wasn’t training
right. It turned out that it was EPM,” Chris said.
Although
Charlie De Vie came down with such a harsh condition, he is expected to make a
full recovery. “He won’t return until he is 100%. We are anticipating a
comeback at four,” Ryder told me.
With
Charlie De Vie coming back at four, I asked Chris how that campaign would look.
“The recovery will take six to eight months. He should come back stronger and
bigger by then. We will race him lightly at four. His four-year-old season will
help him get back into one piece,” Ryder stated.
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| Put On A Show winning the Breeders Crown in 2010 |
After
a magnificent three-year-old campaign, the world awaited the return of Ryder’s
champion filly pacer Put On A Show. But her return was halted in early May. She
had to get a bone chip removed in her knee and was expected to return in
September.
“She
had surgery and the recovery is taking longer than expected,” Chris said. “She
will return at five and we are aiming for her first start to be the Overbid, at
the Meadowlands,” he added.
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