Sports Medicine

All aspects of caring for performance horses

Breeders’ Cup Gala To Benefit Hurricane Victims

Officials of Breeders’ Cup Limited and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced that the 2005 Breeders’ Cup Charity Celebration will be held on the evening of Friday, Oct. 28, at historic Roseland Ballroom in New York, with

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Keeneland Celebrates Dreamer

For the second time in two years, Keeneland’s stunning landscape and picturesque setting provided the backdrop for a Hollywood movie. To celebrate the opening of Dreamer, the most recent movie filmed at the historic racecourse, Keeneland will

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Oral Potassium for Endurance?

Endurance riding can lead to significant losses of water and electrolytes, which can cause clinical illnesses related to increased neuromuscular excitability, including cardiac arrhythmia, muscle cramping and twitching, and gut motility changes.

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Biomechanical Efficiency

The horse is an amazing athlete, with great speed and endurance considering his body size and weight. For the past 20 years, researchers have evaluated what makes the equine locomotive system so efficient for racing and other strenuous

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Equine Genetic Disease: Who’s At Risk?

Many DNA sequence variations are fine; they just give rise to the broad spectrum of colors, sizes, and other characteristics we see in the horse population. Some variations, however, cause problems. These might range from a genetic predisposition

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“Dreamer” Features Racehorse with Fracture

John Gatins, the writer/director of the upcoming movie “Dreamer,” used the story of Thoroughbred racehorse Mariah’s Storm as the movie’s inspiration. In “Dreamer,” a Thoroughbred filly named So?ador breaks her leg. The movie tells the story of

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Dreams Can Come True

So?ador is Spanish for “dreamer,” the title of a movie opening this month that sounds like a natural fit for horse lovers. According to information from DreamWorks, Dreamer’s writer/producer John Gatins grew up loving racehorses, and wondering

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Breeders’ Cup Admission With Dreamer Movie Stub

Everyone who buys a ticket to see the Dreamworks film Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story will receive free admission to the 2005 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships on Saturday, Oct. 29, at Belmont Park. Dreamworks and Loews

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Thoroughbred Industry Supports Hurricane Relief

Individuals in the Thoroughbred industry are teaming up with Starquine and Brisnet to host a Thoroughbred stallion season auction to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Live bidding will take place Sept. 26 thru Sept. 29th at

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Churchill Downs’ Louisiana Safe List Names Grow

Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) has located approximately 40% of its Louisiana workforce displaced by Hurricane Katrina. As of Sept. 5, 203 employees had been located through the company?s toll-free CDI Louisiana Employee Hotline 877/244-5536

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The Underweight Horse

Managing and caring for a persistently underweight horse can be difficult and frustrating for the owner and/or caretaker.

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Science and Horsemanship

Over the past two decades, the work of Hilary Clayton, BVMS, PhD, has elevated equine sports medicine to a whole new level. As the first incumbent of the Mary Anne McPhail Chair at Michigan State University, Clayton brings an element of modern

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