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Group Studies Synthetic Racing Surfaces for New York

A fledgling group of owners and breeders in New York has launched a new effort to study a variety of issues affecting the safety of Thoroughbred horses, including whether some of the state’s racetracks should install alternative racing surfaces.

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Safe Paths, Safe Plants

Some elements of an equestrian facility shouldn’t be taken for granted–solid fencing, sturdy shelter, and good arena footing among them. Then there are areas that sometimes get less attention than they deserve. Pathways around the farm often

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Racing Surface Drawing Rave Reviews From Horsemen

Lone Star Park’s main track is in its best condition ever, according to several horsemen who have been stabled in Grand Prairie, Texas for several weeks.


The 10th annual 66-date Spring Thoroughbred Season commences Thursday night at 6:35

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California Requires Synthetic Racing Surface

The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) decided on Feb. 16 that California racing associations operating meets of at least four continuous weeks will be required to install a synthetic racing surface by the end of 2007 or face a loss of race

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Funding Bill Possible for Calif. Surfaces Plan

California Senator Dean Florez is developing legislation to address the issue of funding for the state’s major Thoroughbred racetracks to install Polytrack-like surfaces in order to reduce injuries to horses and riders.


The California

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Surface Switch

It is often said the key to real estate is “location, location, location.” Well, listening to the speakers at the Aug. 8-9 conference of racetrack superintendents, it became clear the key to a good surface is “consistency, consistency,

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Get A Handle on Your Footing

Good footing is important for optimizing performance and reducing the risk of lameness. The main reason why sport horses retire early is due to osteoarthritis from constant wear and tear of the joints, sometimes from long-term schooling on bad

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On Equal Footing

Trainers and riders have become sophisticated about ground, and about how good footing protects horses’ feet and legs. Many owners spend large sums to install the best footing at home. Indoors or outdoors, they control the type of ground their horses

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Common Barn Injuries

Two of the saddest words in the English language. After an accident, we tear ourselves apart thinking how we could have prevented it. If only I had seen…If only I had done…Yet, as horse people, we are surrounded by thousands of pounds of

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Sole Bruise Lameness

This morning when I went to the barn, my Quarter Horse gelding was lame, to the point where he did not want to bear any weight on his left hind foot. My barn manager thinks it might be a sole bruise. What is a sole bruise? What should I do?

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Club Foot Concerns

Club feet might be one of the most common growth problems in young horses. Affecting youngsters primarily between birth and 6 months of age, the club foot actually is a flexural deformity of the distal interphalangeal joint (coffin joint) caused

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