Positive Drug Test Changes Results of Major French Horse Race
The Blood-Horse Staff
December 1, 2012
The winner of the Darley Prix Jean Romanet was disqualified after testing positive for an anti-inflammatory.
The winner of the Darley Prix Jean Romanet was disqualified after testing positive for an anti-inflammatory.
A Nov. 26 positive EHV-1 test extends the Hawthorne quarantine until at least Dec. 24.
The international movement of horses is among the topics that will be discussed at the event.
Regulators could ban horses from racing or breezing for at least 10 days after shock wave therapy treatments.
The outbreak appears to be contained, but shipping restrictions have made it challenging to fill races.
The event supports lower-income Kentucky Thoroughbred horsemen and their families.
Program director Anna Ford says that around $50,000 had been raised from the pledges so far this year.
Very little evidence-based information currently exists on reasons and rates of elimination from competition.
Owners, trainers, and veterinarians of performance horses are entering a new era of education and cooperation with regulatory groups to ensure the safety and well-being of our equine athletes.
Three Hawthorne horses have died since the start of the outbreak last month.
The rule states that any horse with “fresh blood” on its body will be definitively eliminated.
Genetics researcher Emmeline Hill, PhD, has been named the Irish Tatler 2012 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.
British trainer Victor Dartnall is dealing with an outbreak of neurologic EHV-1 at his yard in North Devon.
The six medications were identified by the AAEP as having therapeutic purposes.
Salix administration mistakes have led to at least two horses being scratched from races this month.
King-Dye suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2010 when a horse she was riding tripped and fell.
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