| At 11:55:08 on 23.04.09, johnthecob wrote: This is a very sad tale that happened last weekend and nobody is really sure what caused it -though I suspect we will be hearing lots of theories for a long time to come. The link below provides some background on the story http://tinyurl.com/df7qze
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| At 11:59:15 on 23.04.09, johnthecob wrote: Since it happened lots of speculation - most likely cause seems to have been a supplement- Biodyl- given to the horses before they were going to play what was a very important match - that anyway is the view of the polo captain http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30302408/
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| At 12:05:19 on 23.04.09, johnthecob wrote: There is however a more sinister story doing the rounds that suggest it has more to do with some vials of toxins gone missing from an Army base....to my mind the money would still be on biodyl - there seems to be an immediate connection between the horses affected and the injection of the compound http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/missing.virus.sample/index.html
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| At 17:25:32 on 23.04.09, johnthecob wrote: Things seem to be coming clearly "Pharmacy says it incorrectly prepared a vitamin compound for 21 polo horses that died" http://tinyurl.com/d67mqp
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| At 17:28:24 on 23.04.09, johnthecob wrote: Tragic and so very sad
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| At 17:42:11 on 23.04.09, johnthecob wrote: just before the news regarding the pharmacy goof up speculation had begun to centre on the polo ponies owner - classic Internet http://tinyurl.com/dlqbuu
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| At 17:43:08 on 23.04.09, johnthecob wrote: Most of all I feel for all those 21 polo horses :(
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