Sports Medicine

All aspects of caring for performance horses

Thoroughbred Breeders Look Out for an Old Friend

When Patricia and Richard Lenihan sold a horse they bred along with a partner at a 1998 2-year-old sale at Timonium for $80,000, they never forgot about the colt who would be named Holmdel. They watched with delight as he finished third in the

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Forelimb Conformation and the Thoroughbred Racehorse

“What is the relationship between conformation and performance, and what can we do to impact it?” These questions have been asked by those focused on performance in many species, and they were the focus of one presentation by Liz Santschi, DVM,

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Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Needs Help

A wish list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center was designed to showcase”P>A wish list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center was designed to sho”>A wish list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center was designed to”A wish list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center was designed” wish list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center was design”wish list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center was desig”wish list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center was desig”ish list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat Center “sh list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secretariat”h list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The Secr” list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Th”list has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, K”ist has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexingto”st has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexin”t has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lex” has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Le” has been put together by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) of needed items for its new Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park in Le

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AQHA Announces Staff Change

Gary Carpenter Becomes Foundation Executive Director

Amarillo, Texas – The American Quarter Horse Association announced today that executive director of racing Gary Carpente

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Birdstone Retired After Suffering Fracture

Marylou Whitney’s Birdstone, winner of the Belmont (gr. I) and Travers Stakes (gr. I) this year, has been retired after a radiograph taken Nov. 2 revealed a medial chip in the colt’s left front long pastern bone (P1).

The son of

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Pleasantly Perfect Injured and Retired

Pleasantly Perfect, who finished third in defense of his title in the Breeders’ Cup Classic–Powered by Dodge (gr. I), has been retired from racing after suffering an undetermined injury to the left hind ankle. The 6-year-old son of Pleasant”P>Pleasantly Perfect, who finished third in defe

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Thoroughbred American Chance Dead

Nationally ranked and top ranking New York Thoroughbred sire American Chance died on Tuesday, Oct. 18 while standing Southern Hemisphere duties at La Providencia in Argentina. The San Isidro Equine Hospital in Buenos Aires cited colitis-X as the

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Winter Riding

Give your horse longer warm-up and cooling-out time in cold weather to prevent tendon injury. Frozen ground, cold temperatures, and stiff tendons (not warmed up) can result in damage or even a bowed tendon.

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Gold-Medal Vet Care

BY LEO JEFFCOTT, BVETMED, PHD, FRCVS, DVSC, MA, VETDR; JACK SNYDER, DVM, PHD, DIPL. ACVS; AND SHARON SPIER, DVM, PHD, DIPL. ACVIM, AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE STEPHENS

All eyes on the podium, and the

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Managing Skeletal Pain

Management of severe skeletal pain in the horse can be a challenging task in practice, and is complicated by the fact that many drugs used for this purpose are controlled substances.

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Olympic Equestrians Congratulated by President Bush

The Equestrian Olympic athletes that represented the United States in Athens this year had the extraordinary opportunity to meet the President and First Lady at the White House. Following a tradition started with President Gerald Ford, President

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Joint Maintenance (Book Excerpt)

There are a number of modes of therapy that can help maintain joint health and reduce pain associated with joint disease.

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Seal Will Help Ensure Quality of Animal Supplements

The Animal Supplement Council (NASC) has initiated a Quality Seal Program as part of its ongoing effort to improve and standardize the animal supplement industry . The seal is a way for consumers to know that when they buy a

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