TheHorse.com Launches Olympic Equestrian Events Blog
The Horse Staff
June 20, 2012
TheHorse.com blogger and author, Jennifer Bryant, returns to cover the equestrian events during 2012 Olympics.
TheHorse.com blogger and author, Jennifer Bryant, returns to cover the equestrian events during 2012 Olympics.
I’ll Have Another will be declared out of the June 9 Belmont Stakes according to trainer Doug O’Neill
Two Saudi show jumping horses tested positive to for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at competitions.
Riders from 26 nations have qualified to participate in equestrian events during the 2012 London Paralympics.
Thoroughbred Rapid Redux retired
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission reported successful Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby Presented by Y
The 17-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare carried McLain Ward to two Olympic Gold medals during her career.
No horses at the event have presented any signs of illness, but biosecurity measures have been implemented.
Dr. William Farmer, Racetrack Veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, describes the frequency of Derby horse vet checks, along with safeguards once the horses head toward the paddock.
Dr. William Farmer, Racing Veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, demonstrates and describes a race-day health check on location at Churchill Downs.
Dr. William Farmer, Racing Veterinarian for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, describes the many regulatory veterinary checks designed to ensure a horse is fit to race in the Derby or Oaks.
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.
Topics included vet regulations, blood during competition, international movement of horses, and cloning.
Learn about the latest jump safety features being used to keep horses and riders safe during the cross-country phase of eventing with Dr. Suzanne Weaver Smith of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering.
Two hundred riders and horses will be competing in jumping, dressage, and three-day eventing at the Olympics.
The recent eBay auction brought $6,712.50 in a fundraising effort for the Bluegrass Chapter of the Red Cross.
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