Kentucky Derby Contender Take Charge Indy to Have Surgery
The Blood-Horse Staff
May 7, 2012
The colt sustained a long pastern chip fracture during Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
The colt sustained a long pastern chip fracture during Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
Dynaformer was pensioned after suffering an aortic valve rupture the afternoon of April 14 while in his stall.
The use and possible abuse of therapeutic medications will be dominating discussions throughout the meeting.
The forum will address marketing initiatives for the equine industry as well as changes in federal advocacy.
The board discussed clenbuterol use in racing, firocoxib thresholds, and other horse health related topics.
I’ll Have Another, a hopeful for the 2012 Kentucky Derby, recently underwent shock wave therapy on his back.
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) is challenging the methodology used by The New York Times to determine horse injury rates that were the basis for a front page article published March 25.
The new convicted trainer rule is part of a process to ban illegal substances from Breeders’ Cup races.
Comments on the preliminary code of standards for aftercare organizations will be accepted through April 2.
Zenyatta, 2010 Horse of the Year, will be bred this year to Gainesway Farm stallion Tapit for a 2013 foal.
The new group is designed to expand options for ex-racehorses and the demand for the breed in horse shows.
Those responsible for the care of Zenyatta discussed her pregnancy will be on hand to answer questions.
New 2012 code protocol deals with mainly with race-day medication model rules and race-day security.
The Bernardini colt was born at 10:10 p.m. EST. Both Zenyatta and the colt are reportedly doing well.
More than a dozen racetracks have committed to publishing their statistics from the Equine Injury Database.
Research has proven the caterpillars caused outbreaks of mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS).
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