Making Racing Safer

Life is an extreme sport, complete with everyday risks. When it comes to Thoroughbred racing, the fate of horse and rider are linked in an event, the outcome of which is, by its very nature, in doubt. Win or lose, no one envisions the tragedy

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Scott E. Palmer, V.M.D. is the owner and hospital director of the New Jersey Equine Clinic in Clarksburg NJ. He is currently Chairman of the AAEP Racing Committee.

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