Showing posts with label Saratoga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saratoga. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

The Last Set: Bob Agne, DVM, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital Podiatry Veterinarian, Killed

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If you live in New England and turned on the news today, you heard about a cyclist killed by a car on a Vermont road yesterday. You might...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Video: How Does Dianne Volz of Equine Therapy 502 Help Keep Top Thoroughbreds Running?

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Equine therapist Dianne Volz serves top Thoroughbred racehorses on the East Coast. A new video in this article explains some of the servic...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Paynter Laminitis Watch: Podiatry-Vet Fraley Amazed at Progress Since Hoof Casts Applied

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Paynter's Hoof-Specialist Veterinarian Fraley "Amazed At His Progress" Paynter models his hoof casts: The colt is almos...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Paynter Watch: Top Thoroughbred Colt Diagnosed with Post-Colitis Laminitis in New York

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Paynter in his stall at a vet hospital near Saratoga. (Zayat Twitter photo) You could hear a collective moan rise from the world of Tho...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Travers: Shackleford Sticks with Glue-on Shoes for Summer's Biggest Thoroughbred Race; Horseshoe Technology Exciting Area of Track Safety, Health Innovation

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The feet of a survivor: Shackleford ran in all three Triple Crown races in 2011, and provided some exciting memories. He won the Preakness...
Saturday, August 07, 2010

Lisa's Booby Trap: Sort Out the Feet, You've Got a Racehorse

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Lisa's Booby Trap is a horse for anyone who has given up on horseracing. Or life.  Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association. Sa...
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...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Rachel and Kensei: Footwear of the Fleet and Famous during Travers Week at Saratoga

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by Fran Jurga | 24 August 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog With legs like these, you can understand why champion racehorse Rachel Alexan...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Friends at Work: Ray Amato Intrigues the Press at Saratoga

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by Fran Jurga | 21 August 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog "It's gotta be the shoes." Todd Pletcher has broken nearly all th...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

When Upset Defeated Man o' War, A Future Governor's Family Didn't Look a Gift House in the Mouth

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by Fran Jurga | 13 August 2009 | © Hoofcare Publishing The horseshoer's great-grandson in the clubhouse at Saratoga earlier this mont...

Mine That Bird's Hooves Experience One of Saratoga's Most Famous Traditions

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Saratoga is a star-studded place this summer. While the grandstand seemed a little empty this afternoon, and Broadway clears out much earlie...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Curlin's Horseshoe Beat Him to the Hall of Fame

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by Fran Jurga | 10 August 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog The square-toe glue-on Polyflex horseshoe design dictated by Curlin's 2008...