NEWS&VIEWScontinued... T e nine recommendations stem from the
inaugural Forum on T oroughbred Safety & Injury Prevention, hosted by the AAEP on September 29–30 in Lexington, KY. T e meet- ing convened 23 invited private racetrack prac- titioners,
regulatory veterinarians,
and radiologists to explore additional measures to reduce racehorse injuries. T e Forum focused on two key areas: ex- amination of injury data trends from U.S. and international racing jurisdictions, and explo- ration of new technologies and their potential use for identifying horses at risk for injury. “T e Forum was born out of our desire to help the racing industry at this critical mo- ment for the sport and off er our veterinary expertise to further prevent racehorse injury,” said Dr. Sara Langsam, AAEP Racing Com- mittee chair. “Our group believes additional progress comes through identifying the at- risk racehorse that appears outwardly sound but is silently brewing a signifi cant injury. We are hopeful our recommendations will help the racing industry conquer this next frontier of T oroughbred racehorse safety." Safety recommendations are focused in
surgeons,
as an indicator that the horse requires evalu- ation by its veterinary team. Optimally these sensors will be used on every racehorse for ev- ery high-speed exercise event, including breez- ing and racing. • Employment of post-entry screening by
regulatory veterinarians to help identify horses at increased risk based on training and racing
search studies have demonstrated the ability of the PET scan to identify abnormalities associ- ated with an increased risk of injury. T e full list of individual safety recommen-
dations and their rationale, along with a list of Forum on T oroughbred Safety & Injury Prevention participants, can be found in the event’s report, accessible at
https://aaep.org/ newsroom/whitepapers/aaep-thorough- bred-injury-prevention-forum-report. For more information about the Forum, please contact Sally Baker, AAEP director of marketing and public relations, at sbak-
er@aaep.org or (859) 705-0434.
Three Maryland Horse Farms Win Cooperator of the Year Awards
T e Soil Conservation Districts of Mont-
Amy Posey of Fiddler's Folly Farm, pictured here with her husband Scott and children William and Eleanor, is one of three Maryland horse farm owners to earn a Cooperator of the Year award.
three areas: Identifi cation of the horse at in- creased risk of injury, improved access to higher level diagnostic technology, and other means to reduce racehorse injuries. Among the recom- mendations are: • Issuance of a request for proposal for the
manufacture of a cost-eff ective wearable bio- metric sensor. Wearable biometric sensors de- tect gait changes in the racehorse and can serve
records. California currently utilizes post-entry screening as an extra layer of scrutiny before race day and this additional step has proven helpful in identifying horses at risk for a cata- strophic injury. • Creation of regional PET scan centers at
centrally located racetracks throughout the U.S. PET is an advanced imaging modality, and re-
gomery County, Anne Arundel County and Harford County chose horse farms for their 2023 Cooperators of the Year awards. T ese awards are given to operations that exemplify soil conservation techniques and environmentally sound pasture manage- ment. Montgomery County chose Lori Larson for her Wyndham Oaks II farm in Boyds, and Anne Arundel's Soil Conserva-
tion District selected Amy Posey of Fiddler's Folly Farm in Edgewater. Earlier this year, the Harford County Soil Conservation District selected Tracy Gay of Molly Hill Farm as its Cooperator of the Year. Molly Hill Farm is the only Maryland horse farm listed in the Mary- land Green Registry.
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