Derby, Preakness Runner-Up Retired with Shoulder Injury
Evan Hammonds
August 21, 2012
The colt was diagnosed with a peripheral nerve injury that caused atrophy in his left infraspinatus muscle.
The colt was diagnosed with a peripheral nerve injury that caused atrophy in his left infraspinatus muscle.
The grants will be used to aid the program’s efforts to rehab, retrain, and rehome retired racehorses.
The colt will be evaluated by specialists at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky.
The changes came about after eight racing fatalities occurred during the month of May at Churchill Downs.
The day-long event focused on matters of equine health, primarily Thoroughbred retirement and aftercare.
The Jockey Club has added a provision governing regulatory administration of furosemide on race day.
The treatment and drug records of horses running in the Travers Stakes will be updated daily online.
The commission plans to hold a fact-finding meeting on use of race-day furosemide day, officials said Aug. 4.
The 11-year-old Arabian gelding finished the 100-mile ride in fourth place.
A new grassroots organization that opposes race-day medication wants involvement by the federal government.
Donkeys and mules have a reputation for being hardier than horses, but they require the same basic care.
The rule would affect found responsible for putting substances in racehorses that might endanger the animals.
A veterinary panel will present radiographic images of joints and endoscopic videos of throats in yearlings.
Discussion topics included public veterinary records, commission authority over veterinarians, and Salix.
The new rule states horses receiving ESWT will be ineligible to train or race for 10 days following treatment.
The two-day event will bring together a cross-section of the breeding, racing, and veterinary communities.
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