Regulatory Veterinarian Checks in Horse Racing
Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director
May 5, 2012
At the center of vet checks is a close examination for signs of general illness, injury, or lameness.
At the center of vet checks is a close examination for signs of general illness, injury, or lameness.
I’ll Have Another ran past a freewheeling Bodemeister in deep stretch to win the May 5 race by 1 1/2 lengths.
The complaint alleges that for years the TRF took in far more horses than it could afford to support.
Dr. William Farmer, Racing Veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, demonstrates and describes a race-day health check on location at Churchill Downs.
One BHA official said factors that couldn’t have been forseen or prevented contributed to the horses’ deaths.
Post time for the Derby is 6:24 p.m. EDT. NBC will offer three hours of Derby coverage from 4-7 p.m.
Dr. Foster Northrop, racetrack practitioner and AAEP member, describes the care veterinarians give Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks horses, along with what it’s like to be a Derby horse vet.
Salix is a medication used to prevent exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhaging, also known as bleeding.
Dynaformer was pensioned after suffering an aortic valve rupture the afternoon of April 14 while in his stall.
The witnesses all told Congress they don’t believe race-day medication has a place in Thoroughbred racing.
The Paddock Foundation will fund TAKE2 classes at five horse shows in Texas this year.
The last congressional hearing on horse racing was held in June 2008 and dealt with similar issues.
Veterinarians diagnosed 5-year-old mare with lateral middle distal sesamoidean ligament desmitis on April 23.
One researcher relayed that it could be possible to identify horses at risk for injury before accidents occur.
The new convicted trainer rule is part of a process to ban illegal substances from Breeders’ Cup races.
The database consists of data from NYSRWB employees at every Thoroughbred and Standardbred track in the state.
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