Commentary: New Vocations Breeders’ Cup Pledge a Success
Esther Marr
November 22, 2012
Program director Anna Ford says that around $50,000 had been raised from the pledges so far this year.
Program director Anna Ford says that around $50,000 had been raised from the pledges so far this year.
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.
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.
The task force will immediately begin its inquiry into events that occurred in the 2012 racing season.
Steve Haskin provides an update on Paynter’s recovery at Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center.
While training breaks are needed, prolonged rest increases the time it takes a horse to race.
The NTRA’s “Horse PAC,” a bipartisan fund, spent $416,500 in the most recent election cycle.
Nov. 7 results indicate 85 horses are negative for EHV-1; also, Oaklawn Park bans Hawthorne horses.
Researchers found that clinical signs of cannon bone fractures in sport horses and racehorses were similar.
Samples were screened for more than 45 anabolic steroids and hundreds of other prohibited drugs.
The filly’s eye was swollen shut the evening after her race, but no one is sure how or when she was injured.
The 4-year-old colt led from gate to wire to take the Classic on jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.’s birthday.
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