Vicar’s In Trouble Injured in Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
Erica Larson
November 1, 2014
The colt will undergo surgery to repair a condylar fracture in his left front leg, trainer Mike Maker said late Friday.
The colt will undergo surgery to repair a condylar fracture in his left front leg, trainer Mike Maker said late Friday.
Bayern outlasted Toast of New York and California Chrome in a thrilling stretch duel Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, California.
The Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held for the first time under reforms included in the National Uniform Medication Program.
The two-day event focused on the horse and how to help equids in the event of a disaster.
Nearly 300 previously affected premises in that state have been released from quarantine.
Facing older rivals for the first time, Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Kentucky homebred daughter of Tapit scored by 1 1/4 lengths over Don’t Tell Sophia and Iotapa with jockey Rosie Napravnik aboard for trainer Steve Asmussen.
Learn what dental problems veterinarians manage in senior horses and how owners can help monitor them.
The staff at UC Davis’ drug testing lab runs approximately 70,000 samples a year looking for evidence of performance-enhancing and other prohibited drugs.
Dr. Paul Morley and colleagues examined existing studies on furosemide and concluded that there is high-quality, albeit limited, evidence that the drug is effective in reducing the incidence and severity of EIPH in racehorses.
Drs. Larry Bramlage and Wayne McIlwraith will be available to provide timely health reports to the media and viewing audience regarding the athletes in each race.
The San Felipe Pueblo will employ porcine zona pellucida, or PZP, in accordance with the recommendations of a recent National Academy of Sciences report.
To date, 36 championship contenders have owners and/or trainers pledging a percentage of their Breeders’ Cup purse earnings to New Vocations.
Mary Lassaline, DVM, PhD, MA, Dipl. ACVO, is heading the UC Davis equine ophthalmology service.
Filmmaker MJ Isakson is completing a film documenting the sport of ‘reined cow horse,’ its horses, and its legends.
The 20-year-old stallion has been standing at stud in Japan and is expected to be back in Kentucky by late November.
In a statement, agricultural authorities said they receive daily complaints about horses roaming residential neighborhoods and that gathers only take place when the horses pose a danger to themselves or to the public safety.
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