Sports Medicine

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Mid-Atlantic Racehorse Steroids Ban Official

As expected, states in the Mid-Atlantic region have announced they are working to implement a ban on anabolic steroids in racehorses effective April 1, 2008.

The regulations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West

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Santa Anita Closing Main Track to Examine Drainage Issue

Santa Anita Park, currently open for training only, will close its main track Dec. 3-10 to examine its new Cushion Track surface due to problems with drainage.

The move comes just a month before the start of the Santa Anita winter/spring

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Laminitis Pain Might Originate from Different Source

Scottish researchers have discovered that neuropathic pain–damage to the sensory neurons innervating the foot–might play an import role in the chronic pain experienced by laminitic horses.

This finding could explain why horses with

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John Henry ‘Moneigh’ on eBay

One of the last “Moneigh” paintings done by the late John Henry is up for bids in an eBay auction held by ReRun, the ex-racehorse adoption program.


Previously, Moneighs by the two-time Horse of the Year have been sold online, but it is

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FEI Planning Hong Kong Preparation Meeting

The deadline to register for “On to Hong Kong,” a workshop to assist participating nations in their preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, is Dec. 1.

The event was organized by the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI)

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Horse and Rider Die After Florida Jumping Accident

An British woman died after her horse stumbled during a cross-country jumping event and crushed her on Saturday.

Eleanor Brennan, 21, was competing in the 2007 Horse Trials, an international horse event, at the Florida Horse Park, a statement

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Texas Ex-Racehorse Group Launches Founders’ Circle

Members of the racing industry in Texas are showing strong support for LOPE Texas, a non-profit racehorse-placement program, the organization reported in a Nov. 15 press release.

Although LOPE has just launched its newest initiative–the

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11 to Testify on Illegal Oklahoma Racetrack

Eleven people have agreed to testify against the alleged operators of an underground horse racing track after pleading guilty to misdemeanor gambling charges.

The agreements set the stage for a trial for four defendants accused of illegally

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Surgical Treatments of Carpus Problems

At the AAEP Focus meeting in Ft. Collins, Colo., Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS, DSc, DrMedVet (hc), Dipl. ACVS, Barbara Cox Anthony Chair and Director of Orthopaedic Research at Colorado State University, presented surgical options to manag

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Vermont Woman Suing to Keep Miniature Horse in Apartment

Patty Cooper’s landlord normally welcomes tenants who use animals to help them get around, such as guide dogs for the blind.

So after the disabled woman bought a 32-inch-tall miniature horse to pull her wheelchair, she asked to keep the

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Eventing Olympic Medalist Winsome Adante Retired

After an illustrious career that included three victories at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****, a team gold medal at the 2002 World Equestrian Games, team bronze and individual silver medals at the ’04 Olympics, and countless other victories, Winsome Adante

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