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FEI Eventing Committee Meets In Chantilly

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director October 11, 2002

The Eventing Committee met at the end of June to finalize the Safety measures and rule modifications following the Hartington International Eventing Safety Committee report.

The Committee agreed on the following issues and amendments”P>The Eventing Committee met at the end of June to finalize the Safety measures and rule modifications following the Hartington”>The Event

Feed for Speed

Ray Geor, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM October 1, 2002

Few dispute that nutrition is important for athletic performance in racehorses. However, I’d wager that there is much less agreement among horse owners, nutritionists, and veterinarians when asked to expound upon the “nitty gritty” of what works

Numbers Fall For Keeneland November Sale; MRLS Blamed

The Blood-Horse Staff September 26, 2002

Keeneland will catalog 3,597 lots for the November breeding stock sale in Lexington, Ky. The number is down by 12.6% from last year’s figure of 4,119. Tom Thornbury, Keeneland’s associate director of sales, identified the effects of mare

Comfrey Targeted for Enforcement Action

Kimberly S. Brown September 26, 2002

The Enforcement Strategy for Marketed Ingredients (ESMI) Working Group of the Association of Animal Feed Control Officers (AAFCO) cited an increasing number of unapproved or undefined ingredients appearing in animal feed and pet food as well as

Preakness Runner-Up Positive for West Nile Virus, Condition Improving

Tom Keyser September 11, 2002

Magic Weisner, the popular gelding who finished second at long odds in the Preakness, was diagnosed Monday with West Nile virus (WNV), said Dr. Bob Vallance, a Maryland veterinarian.

Vallance, Magic Weisner’s local veterinarian, has bee

Eventing Recommended for Exclusion from the 2008 Olympics

The Horse Staff September 4, 2002

The Olympic Programme Commission report recommending that eventing be excluded from the 2008 Olympics was presented to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board on Aug. 28 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The commission was in

What’s a Thumper?

Kevin Haussler, DVM, DC, PhD, Dipl. ACVSMR September 1, 2002

My training is in equine myotherapy and sometimes I get asked about a thumper. Can you tell me more about this tool?

Racing Toward Injury

Ray Geor, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM September 1, 2002

There seems to be little doubt that musculoskeletal injury–including injury to bones, joints, tendons, and ligaments–is a major problem for Thoroughbred racehorses. This impression has been borne out by studies of “wastage” in the racing

Mosquito Infected with West Nile Virus Found at Churchill Downs

The Blood-Horse Staff August 23, 2002

Officials with the Jefferson County, Ky. Health Department said that at least one mosquito infected with West Nile virus has been found at Churchill Downs.

The discovery of the mosquito came during a routine examination of a group of

Radiographs and Selecting Racehorses

Bronwyn Farr August 22, 2002

Veterinarians should select racehorses at auction, not “radiographically clean horses,” Thoroughbred farm Three Chimneys’ resident veterinarian Jim Morehead, DVM, told Australia’s leading equine veterinarians at a yearling radiographic seminar

Derby Winner, Top Japanese Sire Sunday Silence Dies

Barbara J. Bayer August 19, 2002

The long vigil is over. After 14 weeks of battle, Sunday Silence died of heart failure Sunday, Aug. 19, brought on by infection in his leg and the debilitating effects of laminitis.

At Shadai Stallion Station in Japan’s Hokkaido, where

Churchill Downs, Farms Take Steps Against West Nile Virus

The Blood-Horse Staff August 15, 2002

Churchill Downs’ primary weapon against the West Nile virus (WNV) sits in a clear, plastic vial on the desk of track superintendent Butch Lehr, according to AP writer Chris Duncan.

The vial holds birdseed-like pellets that release a