Showing posts with label Belmont. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belmont. Show all posts
Monday, June 08, 2015

Hoofcare Confidential: American Pharoah’s Subtle Triple Crown Horseshoe by Wes Champagne

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Suds stream down the hooves of American Pharoah's legs during a bath at Belmont Park last week. How can such an extraordinary horse ru...
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine to Open Urban Equine Hospital near Belmont Racetrack

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Alan Nixon, DVM, MS, BVSc, Diplomate ACVS Edited from press release Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has si...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Shackleford's Preakness is First Triple Crown Win for Synthetic Horseshoes; Dewey-Walters Shoeing Team Claims Two-Thirds of Crown, Going for Triple

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Jockey Jesus Lopez Castanon had so many reasons to smile as Shackleford lunged across the finish line of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Favorite Video: New York Racing Association Salutes Racetrack Horseshoers

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What makes a racetrack a racetrack? Horses running. And horses won't be running without a legion of horseshoers swinging their toolboxe...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Favorite Sunday Video: "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry" on Saratoga Migration Day

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by Fran Jurga | July 26, 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Out for a leisurely Sunday drive? Drivers in New York State are probably a littl...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Rachel's Hoof Blog Confidential: Hind Hooves of the Hottest Filly in the USA

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by Fran Jurga | 29 June 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog The jock in the shower: Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra enjoyed a bath...
Friday, April 10, 2009

Video: Ian McKinlay's Quarter Crack Patch Drainage System

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by Fran Jurga | 9 April 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog As promised, here's "film at eleven", just like on the evening n...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Beating a Dead Horse(shoe): Big Brown's Loose Shoe, Revisited

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Photo links to ESPN's article on hind shoe revelation. In the hours after Big Brown failed to win, or even really finish, the Belmont St...
Saturday, June 14, 2008

Another Country Heard From: Meet the Hooves of Japan's Casino Drive

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Casino Drive's Feet , originally uploaded by Rock and Racehorses . Racing is full of "What ifs" and there were probably...
Sunday, June 08, 2008

Big Brown's Owner Says Loose Hind Shoe "Not An Issue"

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The Blood-Horse is quoting one of Big Brown's owners, Michael Iavarone of IEAH, this morning: "His feet are ice cold, quarter crack...
Monday, May 26, 2008

Triple Crown "Crack"down: Update from Ian McKinlay on Big Brown's Latest Hoof Malady

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This device from Holland was marketed in Europe for stabilizing quarter cracks on Standardbreds. This photo shows clearly what a typical qua...
Saturday, June 09, 2007

Rags to Riches: First Filly to Win Belmont Stakes in 102 Years!

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It was an historic day at Belmont Park today. Rags to Riches, one of the most regally bred horses racing in America today, proved that breed...