Palm Meadows - the best training center in the country
For all the criticism Frank Stronach has received for turning Gulfstream Park from a racetrack into a casino/concert hall/shopping mall that offers racing, he's received very little credit for developing the best training center in the country, 49 miles north of Gulfstream in Boynton Beach: Palm Meadows.
Bill Heller (14 October 2008) Issue 10
Treating Joint Degeneration the Drug-Free Way
The Background - Lameness resulting from joint degeneration or
osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent diseases affecting
horses and the most common reason that vets are called out to
competition horses. OA causes inflammation of the joint lining and
progressive destruction of articular cartilage that covers the ends of
the bones composing a joint. This destruction decreases both the natural
shock-absorbing function and the range of motion of the joint,
ultimately resulting in lameness in the affected animal.
Howard Wilder (14 October 2008 - Issue 10)
The Equine Larynx – on a Knife Edge!
Men have been interfering with the equine larynx for centuries, but so
far with only limited success.When a horse is heard to be making a noise
for the first time, it is of serious concern. Sometimes the concern is
only short lived as the horse may be unfit, have a mild respiratory
infection or perhaps a sore throat. However, on other occasions the
equine athlete in question is on the verge of being diagnosed with a
problem that will limit its performance for the rest of its life.
James Tate BVMS MRCVS (14 October 2008 - Issue 10)
TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Cindy Krasner
Standing in the Hastings Park winner,s circle after her three-year-old
Krazy Koffee had captured the 83rd running of the $330,000-added British
Columbia Derby Sept. 21, trainer Cindy Krasner was a bit stunned. This
was the 51-year-old trainer's first BC Derby.
Bill Heller - (14 October 2008 - Issue Number: 10)
Training the untrainable - how to improve the respiratory system
Most body systems of the horse have some capacity to respond to physical training of the type used to improve fitness and performance in Thoroughbred racehorses. The art of training is of course assessing what each horse needs, when to start, when to back off and when to accept that you have reached a suitable level of fitness which should result in a horse being able to get close to achieving a performance consistent with its genetic potential. However, the one body system that training cannot improve on is the respiratory system and this article will highlight some of the implications of this.
Dr David Marlin (17 September 2008 - Issue number 9)
CTT - The Changing Face of Racing Part 2
Are any of us old enough to remember a time when the training of
Thoroughbreds was about providing enough care and enough exercise to
obtain optimal performance? I suppose such a time existed, but not in
recent memory. Hands on therapy and horsemanship have been replaced by
fast acting and less labor intensive drugs and medications. By way of
example, in the last decade we have seen the elimination of equipment
such as the whirlpool tub.
Edward I. Halpern, CTT Exec - (14 October 2008 - Issue Number: 10)