Archive for September, 2008
There were 5 stakes on the card headlined by the Kentucky Cup Classic (G2) won by Zanjero. Bear Stables and trainer Reade Baker took both the Distaff (G3), with Bear Now, and the Sprint (G3), with Fatal Bullet. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 5 races here.
Florida researcher Robert MacKay, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida has developed a new means of assessing and quantifying horses that are incapable of sweating. Anhidrosis–the…
You can now follow the countdown to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on your computer. A countdown clock and wallpaper backgrounds are now available for free download at www.feigames2010.org. The countdown clock tracks the number of…
Curlin made racing history by winning the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational (gr.I) at Belmont Park in New York on Sept. 27. Curlin’s victory, which was worth $450,000, made the colt the richest North American-based Thoroughbred of all-time and…
Mary Scollay, DVM, equine medical director for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC), will temporarily serve as chief racing veterinarian in Kentucky with the departure of Dr. Lafe Nichols. The KHRC made the announcement Sept. 26, but it gave…