Healthy Farm Management

New Pennsylvania Track to Have Synthetic Surface

Presque Isle Downs, which plans to open Sept. 1 for its inaugural Thoroughbred meet, will have a synthetic surface, and a decision on the manufacturer could be finalized by the end of April.


Presque Isle, located near Erie, Pa., opened

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Bay Meadows Might Defer Synthetic Track Decision

Bay Meadows Race Course, long rumored to be facing demolition in favor of redevelopment plans approved by the city of San Mateo, might seek an exemption from a California Horse Racing Board mandate to replace its existing dirt track with an

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Monday’s Florida EHV-1 Status Report

The following edited release is from the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ Division of Animal Industry.


Equine Herpesvirus-1 Status Report–Florida
Revised December 25, 2006, at 12:30 pm


Nine

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New Horse-Friendly Highway Bridges Span British Roads

Britain’s Highways Agency is today celebrating the completion of two new bridleway bridges over the M3 in Windlesham and Chobham in Surrey, after they were installed overnight on Dec. 8 and 9.

With a higher headroom clearance than the

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Florida Equine Neurologic Outbreak: Tip of the Iceberg?

The source of the current outbreak of neurologic illness in Wellington, Fla., has been traced back to a shipment of 15 horses imported from Europe the last week of November. The horses were housed together at a quarantine facility in New York.

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Gator TH 6×4 Diesel

The newest addition to the John Deere Traditional Series Utility Vehicle offering, the John Deere Gator TH 6×4 Diesel delivers exceptional work performance in a very stable, turf-friendly 6×4 configuration.

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Synthetic Surfaces: Spanning the Globe

It’s difficult to get away from talk of synthetic surfaces, whether it concerns racing in North America, Asia, Europe, or Dubai.


At this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs Nov. 4, a prominent European horseman said surfaces such as

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Polytrack Debuts at Keeneland

As Keeneland officials noted with a laugh, it couldn’t have been better scripted. But sometimes in horse racing, things have a funny way of coming together despite numerous factors. And on Friday, opening day at the Lexington racetrack, they did

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