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posted on | 20-07-19
Researchers worldwide are examining ways to prevent injuries in racehorses; their findings could help prevent issues in sport horses, as well
posted on | 20-07-19
With extreme heat expected across a wide swath of the United States this weekend, a number of tracks have decided to cancel or postpone racing. Belterra Park, Ellis Park, and Woodbine canceled their July 19 cards. The following tracks called off their July 20 race cards: Belterra Park, Delaware Park, Ellis Park, Finger Lakes Gaming...
posted on | 20-07-19
Pakenham trainer Monica Croston was suspended for four months by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday. Croston pleaded guilty to one charge of causing the administration of cobalt to galloper Hezza Tidal Wave in June 2016. However, she argued that the illegal levels of cobalt found in the horse's system either...
posted on | 20-07-19
Here’s something you don’t read every day. Massive and extraordinarily successful owner Bob Peters is bringing his two stunning mares to race in Sydney because…..of an anomaly re a certain drug. It’s called Regumate. And it improves most mares on the racetrack who are on it. Regumate is one of a handful of...
posted on | 20-07-19
KZN jockey Serino Moodley is the latest crop offender in terms of the twelve strike rule to receive a new level fine. Moodley signed an admission of guilt for a contravention of Rule 58.10.2, as he used his crop more than 12 times when riding Red Herring in the final race at Greyville on Wednesday. He was fined R2500 – which...
posted on | 20-07-19
It takes courage to ride an eventer, accompanying your horse over a cross-country course while tackling a barrage of obstacles. Dr. Dionne Benson does that in her spare time, riding one of several off-the-track Thoroughbreds she has repurposed. Not that Benson has much free time these days. She recently jumped from executive director...
posted on | 20-07-19
The British Horseracing Authority said on Thursday that it will “consider” concerns raised by its independent disciplinary panel after it highlighted the fact that CCTV cameras at Kempton Park, one of Britain’s busiest tracks in terms of runners, do not cover every box in the “secure area” of its...
posted on | 20-07-19
Researchers who studied the leg bones of horses found a significant number with abnormal swelling in their bone marrow, with a localised increase in bone density. The next step is to determine whether these changes are associated with bone micro-damage, which several studies have linked to catastrophic breakdowns in racehorses....
posted on | 20-07-19
One of Simon Crisford's members of staff was on Sunday fined £200 by the raceday stewards at Windsor after he was observed attempting to kick the yard's runner Mofaaji in the groin area. The incident happened before the three-year-old colt's debut in the 6f novice stakes, in which he finished third, having been sent...
posted on | 20-07-19
Trainer Rodolphe Brisset said a recent positive test in one of his horses for the prohibited adjunct bleeder medication aminocaproic acid was either a barn or veterinary mistake. The positive test and subsequent disqualification of Talk Veuve to Me from an April 11 allowance/optional claiming race victory at Keeneland in Lexington,...UPCOMING EVENTS
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2019
Birmingham, UK
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23
2019
Racehorse Hospital Ritto Training Center in Shiga Prefectureof Japan (Osaka-Kansai International Airport)
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2019
Cheltenham Racecourse, UK
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