NYRA Equine Injury Rate Remains Below National Average
Edited Press Release
March 25, 2016
The fatality rate at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course in 2015 was 1.1 per 1,000 starts.
The fatality rate at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course in 2015 was 1.1 per 1,000 starts.
Seminar topics include imaging the equine neck, reproduction, and soft-tissue injuries in performance horses.
Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton, and OBS amended their policies regarding steroids in weanlings, yearlings, and 2-year-olds.
The thresholds and penalties will take effect April 15, the day cobalt testing begins at all Ohio racetracks.
Horses in the 2016 Wood Memorial will be subject to out-of-competition testing, publicized veterinary records, and more.
The Fauquier County training facility was quarantined after a horse previously residing there tested positive for EHV-1.
The fatality rate of 1.62 per 1,000 starts is the lowest since the Equine Injury Database started publishing statistics.
A private racehorse facility is under quarantine after a single horse there tested positive for equine piroplasmosis.
Texas A&M’s Drug Testing Laboratory is the seventh to receive full RMTC accreditation.
The BLM is seeking experienced individuals to help train wild horses and place them into good homes.
Racetracks in California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, and Ontario have participated since the program began in 2014.
The trust is now accepting proposals from IRS-registered equine nonprofit organizations for its 2016 grants program.
The BLM is seeking proposals from those who can care for a minimum of 200 horses in a free-roaming pasture setting.
Research topics include EHV-1 latency, foal pneumonia, training and surface factors in preventing injury, and more.
The legislation would aid in creating uniform standards in drug testing and enforcement for Thoroughbred racing.
The new scanner is wider than the standard size, which should allow most of a horse’s neck to be examined.
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