Tapit Filly Stars as F-T July Sees Gains

Blood-Horse Gainesway sire Tapit dominated last year's select yearling sale season, and he got off to a good start again Thursday with a season-opening sale-topper at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky's July selected yearling auction in Lexington. The $500,000 Tapit filly out of stakes winner French Dip, by Speightstown, the only Tapit yearling on offer at the one-day [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:04+00:00

Oklahoma Owner, Breeder Dixon Dies at 92

Blood-Horse Gerald Dixon, a Thoroughbred owner and breeder from Guymon, Okla., died July 7 at the age of 92. He is best known as the owner of 2012 Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Highland Ice. Highland Ice won 16 of 48 races from 1995 to 2001, including a record nine stakes wins at [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:04+00:00

WSS: Bramlage: Trainers Realize Lameness a Symptom

Blood-Horse One of the reasons Dr. Larry Bramlage believes trainers are handling cases of lameness better than ever before is because they realize that rather than being the problem, it signals a problem. Bramlage, the renowned equine surgeon and partner at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, talked about that progress during a one-on-one talk with [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:04+00:00

WSS: New Information Critical to Injury Database

Blood-Horse Officials that crunch the numbers for the Equine Injury Database believe there is now a 65% predictability model when it comes to fatal injuries on the racetrack. The percentage can increase, however, with additional information—but that will require cooperation from the Thoroughbred racing industry, according to Dr. Tim Parkin of the University of Glasgow [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:04+00:00

WSS: Using Information to Improve Track Surfaces

Blood-Horse Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory executive director Mick Peterson would like to see more tracks document information on their racing surfaces and coordinate that information with data from the Equine Injury Database to improve safety for horses and riders. Peterson outlined that hope during a presentation at the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:04+00:00

Horse Slaughter Could Return under USDA Funding Bill

Paulick Report The American Horse Council reports that the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved its version of the FY 2016 Agriculture Appropriations bill. This bill provides funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the 2016 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2015 through Sept. 30, 2016). The bill contains several provisions that impact the [...]

2015-12-01T16:37:18+00:00

RMTC: Uniform Drug Program Has Momentum

Blood-Horse An effort that began in the Mid-Atlantic region more than two years ago has made "significant progress," according to the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium. Adoption of the National Uniform Medication Program hasn't been without its twists and turns, but given the fractured nature of the Thoroughbred industry and the need for approval on [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:04+00:00
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