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Calls to action aren’t new to The Jockey Club Round Table conference, but at this year’s meeting Aug. 17 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., there appeared to be a sense of urgency. Public perception and the threat of federal intervention have a way of
Genuine Risk, one of only three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby, died the morning of Aug. 18 in her paddock at Bertram and Diana Firestone’s Newstead Farm near Upperville, Va.
Like a sieve. That’s how riders are describing the footing and underlying drainage system at the main competition arena at the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Sha Tin Racecourse. To handle the massive rains that inundate this part of the world on a
The dressage riders temporarily reclaimed the ring from the show jumpers Saturday night at Sha Tin. Although Germany continued to rule, the Americans put in an impressive showing.
Two U.S. riders competed. Steffen Peters and Ravel were
By now, the Swiss dressage team might be feeling pangs of regret at its decision not to enter the 2008 Olympic equestrian competition.
Citing concerns about weather conditions and pollution, the Swiss
Kentucky racing officials have pushed forward a steroid ban for racehorses they’re calling the toughest in the country.
The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council approved a measure Thursday that would hit trainers with severe penalties–up
After receiving the lowest score of her career (63.00%), all of Brentina’s connections were concerned that–despite giving great performances in training every day leading up to the Games–there might have been something physically wrong with th
The main arena at Sha Tin was turned from a dressage ring into a grand prix course Friday night, as the jumping horses finally got their chance to compete. The U.S. contingent was the only team to lay down three double clear rounds.
In all,
Jack Snyder, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, of the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, is a five-time Olympic Games veterinarian. In Hong Kong 2008, he’s the chief treating veterinarian, which means the orthopedic specialist has
Equine authorities at the 2007 AAEP Convention discussed multiple topics relating to lameness in horses, including therapeutic shoeing, managing acute/chronic laminitis, wooden shoes, and stem cell therapy, as well as specific topics such as palmar process fractures of the coffin bone, nuclear scintigraphy, cannon bone stress fractures, and enostosis-like lesions.
Treatments for osteoarthritis in horses, including the doxycycline antibiotic and the nutraceutical Myristol, were discussed at the 2007 AAEP Convention. Also discussed were the clinical efficacy and joint health parameters of Surpass (topical liposomal diclofenac cream) compared to those of the commonly used oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication phenylbutazone (Bute).
A total of 87 Jumping horses were presented for veterinary inspection at the Olympic equestrian venue in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. All passed with flying colors, with no visitors to the holding box.
There were three changes to the Olympic Jumping
Germany won team gold in Olympic equestrian grand prix dressage Thursday, extending the country’s winning streak in the event since 1984.
The Netherlands took silver and Denmark the bronze.
Germany’s three riders earned an average of
Swedish event rider Magnus Gallerdal’s 2008 Olympic mount, Keymaster, sustained a hairline fracture of the first phalanx (long pastern bone) of his right foreleg August 11, during the cross-country portion of the Olympic eventing competition in
This year’s second-place Kentucky Derby finisher Eight Belles will be memorialized in a ceremony Sept. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Kentucky Derby Museum’s gardens.
“We hope our memorial service will serve as a lasting tribute to this great filly, and
This summer, one 2-year-old colt has attracted a national following. His name is Nicanor, and he is Barbaro’s full brother. In the blog Nicanor: Tracking Barbaro’s
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