The Southern California Equine Foundation, Inc., announced that The Dolly Green Research Foundation has awarded a total of $182,729.00 to fund research in equine veterinary medicine. The Dolly Green Research Foundation is affiliated with the Southern California Equine foundation Inc., and was established to administer a bequest from the late Miss Dolly Green. Miss Green was a longtime racehorse owner with a special interest in equine welfare.

The Southern California Equine Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization providing hospital services on the southern California Thoroughbred Racing circuit. The Southern California Equine Foundation has a long history of service to the racing industry and the equine athlete including development of equine ambulances commonly used in North America and funding of original research on “Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage.”

The Dolly Green Research Foundation seeks to emphasize research with a practical benefit to the racehorse and expects to have a significant impact on equine research in the future. Funded research will address topics including Equine Protozoal Myelitis (EPM), Exercise Induced Pulmonary Myelitis (EIPH), Molecular Analysis and Therapy of Degenerative Joint Disease, MRI and Joint Stress Determination. Computer Modeling of Equine Forelimb Biomechanics and novel surgical techniques for repair of fetlock breakdown.

Principle investigators awarded grants include Dr. Susan Stover, U.C. Davis; Dr. Julie Thom Oxford, Colorado State; Dr. Warwick M. Bayly, Washington State; Dr. Gale Trotter, Colorado State; Dr. Wayne McIlwraith, Colorado State; and Drs. Joseph Cannon and Barrie Grant of San Luis Rey Equine Clinic, Bonsall, California