Breeders’ Incentive, Racehorse Safety Discussed at Meeting
Ron Mitchell/The Horse
May 19, 2011
Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders’ Incentive Fund and racehorse safety discussed at May 18 meeting.
Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders’ Incentive Fund and racehorse safety discussed at May 18 meeting.
Forty horses were removed from the new dirt track by ambulance during the Dec. 26-April 17 race meeting.
“The Horse Owner’s Guide to Regenerative Medicine” will take place June 4 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., in Lexington
In movies it is not unusual to see a cowboy ride his horse forever, through all types of weather and terrain; in reality, horses are equine athletes that must be properly conditioned to perform as needed. “The general design of an equine conditioning
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has named John Stick, DVM, the chief of staff at Michigan State University’s (MSU) Large Animal Teaching Hospital, April’s honored practitioner for the Good Works for Horses campaign. Since 1999
The “International Summit on Race Day Medication, Exercised-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH), and the Racehorse” has been scheduled for June 13-14 in New York City. The event is jointly sponsored by the American Association of Equine Practitioners
Archarcharch and Battle of Hastings, two of the horses injured during the Kentucky Derby day races at Churchill Downs, are both doing well after surgery at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. Both surgeries took place May 8.
Team Valor International’s homebred Animal Kingdom came from off the pace and roared down the stretch to win the 137th Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands May 7 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Second in the classic race was Nehro with Mucho
Toby’s Corner, the Thoroughbred colt who handed possible Derby favorite Uncle Mo his only career loss in the Resorts Casino New York Wood Memorial, has been withdrawn from the May 7 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, taking place at Churchill
E. Paul Robsham Stable’s homebred Thoroughbred filly R Heat Lightning, the probable favorite in the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (the first leg of the Filly Triple Crown held the day before the Kentucky Derby), has been withdrawn from the race after heat was
As some of the world’s top three-day event riders prepare to head out on cross-country at the 2011 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event this weekend, they’ll be looking closely at the footing on which their horses will perform.
Mandiba, an 11-year-old Irish Thoroughbred gelding ridden by American Olympic veteran Karen O’Connor, suffered a broken rib while competing in the cross-country phase at the Badminton Horse Trials in Badminton, England, April 24. The horse is
Saying they support efforts to limit race-day medications, two prominent Thoroughbred trainers say they hope the initiatives do not go so far as to ban use of the anti-bleeder drug furosemide (Salix).
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) is planning to expand its well-regarded equine postmortem examination program into part of a new racetrack injury prevention plan in conjunction with the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). During a
Anyone who’s suffered from chronic aches and pains will likely say the ever-present irritation can put a damper on their day, possibly even making them cranky. But is the same true for horses? A group of French researchers recently completed a study
Equine atypical myopathy (EAM), a seasonal, pasture-associated muscle disorder of unknown etiology (cause), presents a particular challenge to veterinarians. The disease is characterized by a generalized complete degeneration of muscle fibers, which
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