Of course, they knew about the situation since 2005 when they suspended Paragallos licence for financial instability. Still, Paragallo racing, the neglect and the breeding went on,...
The NYRA also fails to mention that there was horses confiscated from ole ernies farm back in January 07' wherein Sue Wagner of Equine Advocates in Chatam Ny wound up caring for some of his neglected horses.
(see post entiteld Paragallo: Investigations Before the Bust)
Click on title above to read a Times Union article
Friday, April 10, 2009
SOS for Tampa Bay Downs TB's
Urgent Plea For Thoroughbreds Destined For The Slaughter House
Posted by: "xr7catcar" minivoyager@usa.com xr7catcar
Thu Apr 9, 2009 11:55 am (PDT)
Hello, My name is Donna , I'm a volunteer for the Hankes Horse Ranch in Zephyrhills, Fl. We're contacting everyone who has a love for horses to find out if you've heard about what is going to happen to the horses at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fl at the end of the racing season in April. Have you heard about that? I hadn't heard about it either til I started volunteering for their Horse Rescue in Zephyrhills...
Well, basically, the thoroughbred racing horses at Tampa Bay Downs, that for one reason or another, are no longer wanted by their owners are abandoned in their stalls. Tampa Bay Downs then has to find a way to dispose of these poor animals. Usually they are bought very cheap by slaughter house buyers and they are doomed to a torturous death. I'm not going to upset you with the details but trust me it's not pretty. The good news is, it doesn't have to happen! Why should these beautiful horses who have raced their hearts out be doomed to die when they can go to the Hankes Horse Ranch in Zephyrhills? They've got 7 acres of pasture all ready for them to retire on, a loving reward for all their years of service to racing. And you can help!
Julie & Bruce Hanke have made it easy for us to help the horses because they've already done the hard part, they've started up the ranch and opened their arms and seven acres to these horses. Aren't they wonderful? Without them we wouldn't stand a chance of saving these horses, now all we have to do is help them help the horses! Will you help the horses?
Here's how you can help and here's what they need: Hay, feed, and Vet care. You can donate once $5.00 - $1,000 towards all of the horses or sponsor one of the horses with a $100 monthly donation. Please remember, no donation is too small because all of these donations together from caring people like you make it possible to save their lives. When you choose to sponsor a horse monthly we'll email you pictures every month and update you on the horses progress. Every donation brings these horses one step closer to the ranch and we're truly racing against the clock right now because these horses will literally die the end of this month if the Hankes can't intercede as soon as possible.
So do you wish to sponsor a horse monthly or do you prefer a one time donation towards saving their lives? Please call me ASAP @ 727 475 1300 so I can give you the Ranch address and answer any questions you may have. On behalf of these beautiful horses I thankyou so much, Donna
Posted by: "xr7catcar" minivoyager@usa.com xr7catcar
Thu Apr 9, 2009 11:55 am (PDT)
Hello, My name is Donna , I'm a volunteer for the Hankes Horse Ranch in Zephyrhills, Fl. We're contacting everyone who has a love for horses to find out if you've heard about what is going to happen to the horses at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fl at the end of the racing season in April. Have you heard about that? I hadn't heard about it either til I started volunteering for their Horse Rescue in Zephyrhills...
Well, basically, the thoroughbred racing horses at Tampa Bay Downs, that for one reason or another, are no longer wanted by their owners are abandoned in their stalls. Tampa Bay Downs then has to find a way to dispose of these poor animals. Usually they are bought very cheap by slaughter house buyers and they are doomed to a torturous death. I'm not going to upset you with the details but trust me it's not pretty. The good news is, it doesn't have to happen! Why should these beautiful horses who have raced their hearts out be doomed to die when they can go to the Hankes Horse Ranch in Zephyrhills? They've got 7 acres of pasture all ready for them to retire on, a loving reward for all their years of service to racing. And you can help!
Julie & Bruce Hanke have made it easy for us to help the horses because they've already done the hard part, they've started up the ranch and opened their arms and seven acres to these horses. Aren't they wonderful? Without them we wouldn't stand a chance of saving these horses, now all we have to do is help them help the horses! Will you help the horses?
Here's how you can help and here's what they need: Hay, feed, and Vet care. You can donate once $5.00 - $1,000 towards all of the horses or sponsor one of the horses with a $100 monthly donation. Please remember, no donation is too small because all of these donations together from caring people like you make it possible to save their lives. When you choose to sponsor a horse monthly we'll email you pictures every month and update you on the horses progress. Every donation brings these horses one step closer to the ranch and we're truly racing against the clock right now because these horses will literally die the end of this month if the Hankes can't intercede as soon as possible.
So do you wish to sponsor a horse monthly or do you prefer a one time donation towards saving their lives? Please call me ASAP @ 727 475 1300 so I can give you the Ranch address and answer any questions you may have. On behalf of these beautiful horses I thankyou so much, Donna
Paragallo is done...
Our local (no-kill) humane society just confiscated all 177 of his horses, all
badly neglected;
Click on title above to see article;
http://www.lohud.com/article/20090409/NEWS05/904090483
Please if you can help out the wonderful people at
Colombia Green Humane Society and SPCA.
They are caring for all 177 of these horses.
Call Katrina at (518) 828-6044
or email her at: CGHSuser001@aol.com
Thanks for caring
CJ/MK
"PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE DOING ENOUGH
WILL NOT DO MORE".
~ Greg Baum ~
badly neglected;
Click on title above to see article;
http://www.lohud.com/article/20090409/NEWS05/904090483
Please if you can help out the wonderful people at
Colombia Green Humane Society and SPCA.
They are caring for all 177 of these horses.
Call Katrina at (518) 828-6044
or email her at: CGHSuser001@aol.com
Thanks for caring
CJ/MK
"PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE DOING ENOUGH
WILL NOT DO MORE".
~ Greg Baum ~
Monday, April 6, 2009
NY TB Breeder Floods Killpens w / "Unwanted" Horses
No wonder the New York Horse Counsel is so Pro-Slaughter!
NY Breeding Incentives Partly to Blame;
Prominent Horseman Faces Questions About Neglect Posted
Sun Apr 5, 2009 4:59 am (PDT)
Click on title above to read article in the New York Times;
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/othersports/04horses.html
By JOE DRAPE
(with bloggers annotation in parenthesis)
Published: April 3, 2009
Four undernourished and neglected former racehorses belonging to Ernie Paragallo, a prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner, were rescued from a New York kill pen last month, one step from being slaughtered. They were among more than 20 horses from Paragallo’s Center Brook Farm in Climax, N.Y., that were sold to slaughter for $680.
"Finely Decorated," who had lice, was one of four rescued mares.
The four mares were “hundreds of pounds” underweight, infested with lice and parasites and in “horrible condition,” according to Dr. James Holt, a Pennsylvania
veterinarian who examined them.
While Paragallo says he had given the horses away four months ago and was not aware of their sickly state, the discovery comes at a time when the thoroughbred industry is under increasing scrutiny of the health and welfare of its equine
athletes.
Paragallo’s colt "Cellar Dweller" will run in the
$750,000 Wood Memorial on Saturday at Aqueduct, and his most famous
horse, Unbridled’s Song — of whom he is half-owner — commands a
$125,000 stud fee in Kentucky.
Paragallo said Thursday that he had given the horses away to a Florida-based breeder, whom he did not identify, in December with the agreement that he could breed the mares back to one of his stallions based in New York or Florida. In fact,
Paragallo said, he had intended to ship another batch of horses to the
man.
“We were going to move 60 horses and get the added benefit
of earning the breeder’s reward if any of the babies did well at the
racetrack,” he said, referring to a New York state incentive program
for breeders. “It was a home run for business.” (herein lies the peoblem)
Paragallo said he could not remember the last name of the man he gave the horses to,
his telephone number or his farm address. (Yeah, right) On Friday, however, a horse
transporter, Richie Baiardi, said he had picked up the horses at
Paragallo’s farm at the end of February with the intention of taking
them to Florida but could not because of their poor condition. (Indicating, of course, that the horses were in poor condition when he picked them up at Paragallos' Farm)
Baiardi said that he subsequently called Paragallo, who was not at the
farm at the time of the pickup, and complained about the horses’
condition. Baiardi, who said he was in North Dakota on Friday, said he
had van logs, receipts and other documentation at his home in Florida
to show that he had picked up the horses in February.
“They were a bag of bones, literally walking hides,” Baiardi said. “I knew I
couldn’t get health certificates for them, and I didn’t even think
they’d make it to Florida. I didn’t want to take them, but the guys
working on the farm said if I didn’t they were just going to die right
there. They told me, two had already died that morning.”
It was Baiardi who took them to the kill pen, and sold them for the $680, or
about $25 per horse. He said he had no other choice.
Paragallo,reached by telephone Friday, denied Baiardi’s account and said that the
150 horses on his farm, which is about 20 miles south of Albany, were
well cared for. (Of course, these are the ones that could possibly still earn income for the owner, they havent become liabilities, yet)
“We keep our barren mares thin, and we found that has worked for our breeding program,” Paragallo said. (Thin is one thing, starved is another)
He also said that the workers on his farm could not have urged Baiardi to
take the horses or anything else. “None of them speak English,” he said.
Holt, the veterinarian, said that blood and fecal tests showed that the
mares had suffered extreme neglect — they had bacteria infections, were
riddled with parasites like lice and worms and had skin diseases and
open wounds.
“It didn’t happen overnight,” Holt said.
Two of the mares had won races for Paragallo’s family-owned Paraneck
Stable. "Theonlyword," who had a puncture wound in her leg and carried
lice, won more than $50,000 and "Coconut Martini," who had a swollen leg and lice, nearly $35,000. The 17-year-old mare "Finely Decorated," who was also infested with lice and is possibly in foal, was purchased for $80,000 as a 2-year-old. She was the dam of Interior Designer, who won
more than $174,000. The mares’ injuries and ailments were documented by
Dr. Holt at the behest of Another Chance 4 Horses, a rescue group whose blog first reported the discovery of the mares. All four mares are being rehabilitated at their farm in Bernville, Pa.
Lisa Leogrande, who operates a boarding and training center in Fulton, N.Y.
tipped off the group to the Paragallo horses. She said she goes to
auctions for horses intended for slaughter in the hope of saving them.
In mid-March, she said, she went to the kill pen and saw the horses’
name bands, which are often used by big breeding operations to identify
their horses in pasture. She traced several back to Paragallo.
She rescued three of them — including an 18-year-old mare named "Casa
Eire," who had won nearly $280,000 and two graded stakes races — and now
has them at her training center. She then notified Another Chance 4
Horses, which is led by Christy Sheidy, in the hope that her group
could rescue the rest.
Sheidy said the kill pen operator, who does not want to be identified, (the unholy alliance thing) said the horses were in such bad condition that he had to feed them for several weeks just to get them in shape for the trip to the slaughterhouse. (
Sheidy’s group bought the four mares, but was too late to save the rest from slaughter.
“There were a bunch of mares that someone didn’t care about anymore, and
that’s awful because they had been substantial contributors to that
breeding operation, were well-bred and valuable,” Leogrande said. “I
couldn’t understand why someone would leave them like this.”
After news of the mares’ rescue broke Thursday, chatter began to make its way around Internet message boards and blogs like the Paulick Report, inflaming a long-contentious issue.
It became so heated that Paragallo posted a long response Friday, asserting that he did not know of the mares’ ultimate destination.
“In December two vans arrived at our farm and picked up the 24 barren
mares, the drivers said they would be back in a couple of days to pick
up the rest,” he wrote. “After a week we called back the gentleman who
had called us but I never got an answer, safe to say he never came back
for the rest.”
While Paragallo denied responsibility for the mares’ condition, he said he was responsible for their fate. “They were my horses and what happened to them is a tragedy and a travesty, and I take full responsibility, but I didn’t send them to the killers,” he said. (No, he just starved them near to death and sent them to someone else to send to the killers)
NY Breeding Incentives Partly to Blame;
Prominent Horseman Faces Questions About Neglect Posted
Sun Apr 5, 2009 4:59 am (PDT)
Click on title above to read article in the New York Times;
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/othersports/04horses.html
By JOE DRAPE
(with bloggers annotation in parenthesis)
Published: April 3, 2009
Four undernourished and neglected former racehorses belonging to Ernie Paragallo, a prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner, were rescued from a New York kill pen last month, one step from being slaughtered. They were among more than 20 horses from Paragallo’s Center Brook Farm in Climax, N.Y., that were sold to slaughter for $680.
"Finely Decorated," who had lice, was one of four rescued mares.
The four mares were “hundreds of pounds” underweight, infested with lice and parasites and in “horrible condition,” according to Dr. James Holt, a Pennsylvania
veterinarian who examined them.
While Paragallo says he had given the horses away four months ago and was not aware of their sickly state, the discovery comes at a time when the thoroughbred industry is under increasing scrutiny of the health and welfare of its equine
athletes.
Paragallo’s colt "Cellar Dweller" will run in the
$750,000 Wood Memorial on Saturday at Aqueduct, and his most famous
horse, Unbridled’s Song — of whom he is half-owner — commands a
$125,000 stud fee in Kentucky.
Paragallo said Thursday that he had given the horses away to a Florida-based breeder, whom he did not identify, in December with the agreement that he could breed the mares back to one of his stallions based in New York or Florida. In fact,
Paragallo said, he had intended to ship another batch of horses to the
man.
“We were going to move 60 horses and get the added benefit
of earning the breeder’s reward if any of the babies did well at the
racetrack,” he said, referring to a New York state incentive program
for breeders. “It was a home run for business.” (herein lies the peoblem)
Paragallo said he could not remember the last name of the man he gave the horses to,
his telephone number or his farm address. (Yeah, right) On Friday, however, a horse
transporter, Richie Baiardi, said he had picked up the horses at
Paragallo’s farm at the end of February with the intention of taking
them to Florida but could not because of their poor condition. (Indicating, of course, that the horses were in poor condition when he picked them up at Paragallos' Farm)
Baiardi said that he subsequently called Paragallo, who was not at the
farm at the time of the pickup, and complained about the horses’
condition. Baiardi, who said he was in North Dakota on Friday, said he
had van logs, receipts and other documentation at his home in Florida
to show that he had picked up the horses in February.
“They were a bag of bones, literally walking hides,” Baiardi said. “I knew I
couldn’t get health certificates for them, and I didn’t even think
they’d make it to Florida. I didn’t want to take them, but the guys
working on the farm said if I didn’t they were just going to die right
there. They told me, two had already died that morning.”
It was Baiardi who took them to the kill pen, and sold them for the $680, or
about $25 per horse. He said he had no other choice.
Paragallo,reached by telephone Friday, denied Baiardi’s account and said that the
150 horses on his farm, which is about 20 miles south of Albany, were
well cared for. (Of course, these are the ones that could possibly still earn income for the owner, they havent become liabilities, yet)
“We keep our barren mares thin, and we found that has worked for our breeding program,” Paragallo said. (Thin is one thing, starved is another)
He also said that the workers on his farm could not have urged Baiardi to
take the horses or anything else. “None of them speak English,” he said.
Holt, the veterinarian, said that blood and fecal tests showed that the
mares had suffered extreme neglect — they had bacteria infections, were
riddled with parasites like lice and worms and had skin diseases and
open wounds.
“It didn’t happen overnight,” Holt said.
Two of the mares had won races for Paragallo’s family-owned Paraneck
Stable. "Theonlyword," who had a puncture wound in her leg and carried
lice, won more than $50,000 and "Coconut Martini," who had a swollen leg and lice, nearly $35,000. The 17-year-old mare "Finely Decorated," who was also infested with lice and is possibly in foal, was purchased for $80,000 as a 2-year-old. She was the dam of Interior Designer, who won
more than $174,000. The mares’ injuries and ailments were documented by
Dr. Holt at the behest of Another Chance 4 Horses, a rescue group whose blog first reported the discovery of the mares. All four mares are being rehabilitated at their farm in Bernville, Pa.
Lisa Leogrande, who operates a boarding and training center in Fulton, N.Y.
tipped off the group to the Paragallo horses. She said she goes to
auctions for horses intended for slaughter in the hope of saving them.
In mid-March, she said, she went to the kill pen and saw the horses’
name bands, which are often used by big breeding operations to identify
their horses in pasture. She traced several back to Paragallo.
She rescued three of them — including an 18-year-old mare named "Casa
Eire," who had won nearly $280,000 and two graded stakes races — and now
has them at her training center. She then notified Another Chance 4
Horses, which is led by Christy Sheidy, in the hope that her group
could rescue the rest.
Sheidy said the kill pen operator, who does not want to be identified, (the unholy alliance thing) said the horses were in such bad condition that he had to feed them for several weeks just to get them in shape for the trip to the slaughterhouse. (
Sheidy’s group bought the four mares, but was too late to save the rest from slaughter.
“There were a bunch of mares that someone didn’t care about anymore, and
that’s awful because they had been substantial contributors to that
breeding operation, were well-bred and valuable,” Leogrande said. “I
couldn’t understand why someone would leave them like this.”
After news of the mares’ rescue broke Thursday, chatter began to make its way around Internet message boards and blogs like the Paulick Report, inflaming a long-contentious issue.
It became so heated that Paragallo posted a long response Friday, asserting that he did not know of the mares’ ultimate destination.
“In December two vans arrived at our farm and picked up the 24 barren
mares, the drivers said they would be back in a couple of days to pick
up the rest,” he wrote. “After a week we called back the gentleman who
had called us but I never got an answer, safe to say he never came back
for the rest.”
While Paragallo denied responsibility for the mares’ condition, he said he was responsible for their fate. “They were my horses and what happened to them is a tragedy and a travesty, and I take full responsibility, but I didn’t send them to the killers,” he said. (No, he just starved them near to death and sent them to someone else to send to the killers)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Could mans best friend be a horse?
By Barry Tompkins
Posted: 03/28/2009 04:09:12 PM PDT
People keep asking me about Bill the Dog and why I haven't written about him for several months. Well, Bill's just fine, but he hasn't come up with any good column ideas for me for quite some time, so I couldn't really justify droning on about how our house remains safe from squirrels (Bill's primary job), or how he inevitably finds the lap of the house guest who least likes dogs to prop his head on at a dinner party. While we get big laughs out of our guest's wild-eyed wondering when exactly Bill's teeth will sink deeply into their privates, it's not quite column fodder.
Until today, when Bill's book club began reading the latest tome from Joe Camp - the creator of one of Bill's heroes, Benji. Joe has written a book, "The Soul of a Horse," in which he suggests that we mere humans have something to learn from our equine friends.
Now I must admit that at first blush I was looking for something humorous in that premise until I started doing a little research of my own.
To begin with, other than the Budweiser Clydesdales, the only horses I ever took notice of had numbers on their saddle cloths and were ridden by little Hispanic gentlemen with names like Jorge and Braulio. I didn't even know they named the critters until I was in my 30s. It was always, "C'mon 2, baby needs a new pair of shoes."
Rumor around the back barn was always that a horse was dumber than a pig. And, while I had never measured a pig's IQ score, I assumed that it was somewhat low in reading comprehension and thus a horse was pretty much akin to a bag of rocks on the intelligence scale. Until the man who gave us Benji gave me insight.
Camp suggests that we humans accept leadership as innate, but that we could develop better leadership skills by acting like a horse. He says that the herd hierarchy mirrors relationships among people. "The stallion," Camp says, "doesn't bully the herd. His job is procreation and protecting the herd from predators. The true leader is the matriarch - the older and wiser mare. She's the one who decides when everyone eats, rests, moves and sleeps."
The mare uses discipline with discretion, but more often politely seeks good behavior. No intimidation. Thus, the herd fortifies its belief in her as a leader. What a concept for humans.
Upon further review - as they say in the National Football League - it turns out that horses share many of the same qualities as we humans: Adaptability, mischief, playfulness, loyalty, jealousy and stress. I guess it's just my luck that I happened to pick the ones with mischief, jealousy and stress every time I go to Golden Gate Fields.
Horses are also social and accepting of others. They meet each other with necks extended and bowed, they touch noses and exchange scents by blowing short blasts of air into each other's nostrils (ironically, exactly the same way I met my wife). It is, say the equine experts, the equivalent of exchanging business cards - which, of course, would be impossible because scientific research has proven that horses have neither wallets nor pockets.
I sincerely hope that Bill the Dog and his book club friends learn something from Joe Camp's book. I've been telling him for years that when meeting a peer, the other end generally smells better.
As for myself, I no longer am using the daily racing form for source material and prior performance statistics when I go to the racetrack. I'm merely looking for innate leadership skills.
Barry Tompkins is a longtime sports broadcaster who lives in Marin. Contact him via lifestyles@marinij.com.
Posted: 03/28/2009 04:09:12 PM PDT
People keep asking me about Bill the Dog and why I haven't written about him for several months. Well, Bill's just fine, but he hasn't come up with any good column ideas for me for quite some time, so I couldn't really justify droning on about how our house remains safe from squirrels (Bill's primary job), or how he inevitably finds the lap of the house guest who least likes dogs to prop his head on at a dinner party. While we get big laughs out of our guest's wild-eyed wondering when exactly Bill's teeth will sink deeply into their privates, it's not quite column fodder.
Until today, when Bill's book club began reading the latest tome from Joe Camp - the creator of one of Bill's heroes, Benji. Joe has written a book, "The Soul of a Horse," in which he suggests that we mere humans have something to learn from our equine friends.
Now I must admit that at first blush I was looking for something humorous in that premise until I started doing a little research of my own.
To begin with, other than the Budweiser Clydesdales, the only horses I ever took notice of had numbers on their saddle cloths and were ridden by little Hispanic gentlemen with names like Jorge and Braulio. I didn't even know they named the critters until I was in my 30s. It was always, "C'mon 2, baby needs a new pair of shoes."
Rumor around the back barn was always that a horse was dumber than a pig. And, while I had never measured a pig's IQ score, I assumed that it was somewhat low in reading comprehension and thus a horse was pretty much akin to a bag of rocks on the intelligence scale. Until the man who gave us Benji gave me insight.
Camp suggests that we humans accept leadership as innate, but that we could develop better leadership skills by acting like a horse. He says that the herd hierarchy mirrors relationships among people. "The stallion," Camp says, "doesn't bully the herd. His job is procreation and protecting the herd from predators. The true leader is the matriarch - the older and wiser mare. She's the one who decides when everyone eats, rests, moves and sleeps."
The mare uses discipline with discretion, but more often politely seeks good behavior. No intimidation. Thus, the herd fortifies its belief in her as a leader. What a concept for humans.
Upon further review - as they say in the National Football League - it turns out that horses share many of the same qualities as we humans: Adaptability, mischief, playfulness, loyalty, jealousy and stress. I guess it's just my luck that I happened to pick the ones with mischief, jealousy and stress every time I go to Golden Gate Fields.
Horses are also social and accepting of others. They meet each other with necks extended and bowed, they touch noses and exchange scents by blowing short blasts of air into each other's nostrils (ironically, exactly the same way I met my wife). It is, say the equine experts, the equivalent of exchanging business cards - which, of course, would be impossible because scientific research has proven that horses have neither wallets nor pockets.
I sincerely hope that Bill the Dog and his book club friends learn something from Joe Camp's book. I've been telling him for years that when meeting a peer, the other end generally smells better.
As for myself, I no longer am using the daily racing form for source material and prior performance statistics when I go to the racetrack. I'm merely looking for innate leadership skills.
Barry Tompkins is a longtime sports broadcaster who lives in Marin. Contact him via lifestyles@marinij.com.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Thoroughbred Charities of America: Where the Money Goes
Only a portion of TCAs monies go directly to TB rescue and retirement, but here are some rescues who benefited from TCA grants;
Non-Profits Who Have Recieved Grants
$15 Million to Date
by category
Equine Rescue, Retraining, Adoption and Retirement
AAEP Foundation-"Equine Disaster Relief Fund" (KY)
Alaska Equine Rescue (AK)
Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue (NY)
Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue(PA)
Angel Horse Rescue (OK)
Another Chance 4 Horse (PA)
Appalachian Horse Help & Rescue (PA)
Blue Horse Charities (KY)
Bran Manor Equine Rescue (PA)
Bright Futures Farm Rescue (PA)
CANTER (MI, Mid-Atl, New England, OH)
Carolina Equine Society, Inc (NC)
Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue (CA)
CERF (CA)
Chez Chevaux (WA)
Cobleskill Agricultural & Technical College Foundation (NY)
Days End Farm Horse Rescue, Lisbon (MD)
Diamonds in the Rough (FL)
Double D Equine Rescue & Sanctuary (PA)
Equine Advocates (NY)
Equine Encore Foundation (AZ)
Equine Rescue & Rehabilitation, Parkton (MD)
Equine Rescue (NY)
Equirest, Inc. (OH)
Equus (CA)
Exceller Fund (TX)
Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program (NY)
Forever Free Horse Rescue (CA)
Fraternal Order of Firefighters Large Animal Rescue Sem.(KY)
Friends of Ferdinand Indiana, Inc. (IN)
Give Me A Chance Equine Rescue (AR)
GEVA (CA)
Greener Pastures Equine Rescue Foundation, Oklahoma (OK)
Heaven Can Wait (CA)
High Hope Steeplechase Association (KY)
Horse Rescue, Relief & Retirement Fund (GA)
High Hopes, Inc (PA)
Hooved Animal Humane Society (IL)
H.O.R.S.E. of CT (CT)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary (NY)
H.O.O.F. (Horse One To One Outreach Foundation) (CA)
Horse Feathers Equine Rescue (OK)
HorseNet, Inc. (MD)
Horses Haven (MI)
Horses in the Hood (CA)
Horses N Heroes of S. Florida (FL)
Horse Rescue, Relief and Retirement Fund (GA)
Humana Reserve/California Equine Council CA)
Jana Domino T'Bred Foundation (NY)
Jolene's Horse Rescue (CA)
Kentucky Equine Humane Center (KY)
Last Chance Corral (OH)
Lexington Humane Society (KY)
Life Horse (MD)
Lonestar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers (TX)
Lone State Equine (TX)
Lost Acres Horse Rescue (FL)
Lost and Found Rescue Foundation(PA)
Louisiana Vet Medical Assoc.-Equine Committee (LA)
Luv Shack Ranch (AZ)
Michigan State University Vet School (MI)
Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue (MD)
Midway College (KY)
Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation (MN)
Misfit Acres, Inc (MN)
Mitchel Farm Equine Retirement (CT)
Molasses Reef Farm (WI)
Mylestone Equine Rescue (NJ)
New York Horse Rescue (NY)
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program (OH)
Ohio State Foundation (OH)
Oklahoma Thoroughbred Retirement Program (OK)
Old Friends (KY)
Orphan Acres (ID)
Our Mims Retirement Haven(KY)
Paws For Life/Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue (MD)
Peaceful Pastures Horse Rescue (OH)
Pegasus (CA)
Performance Equine Rescue Network (CA)
Pets Alive (NY)
Pheasant Hill Equine Foundation (MD)
Pure Thoughts (FL)
Rainhill Equine Facility (KY)
ReRun (KY, MD, NY, NJ)
Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue (VA)
Ryerss Farm For Aged Equine (PA)
Safe Haven Farm (PA)
Second Chance Ranch (WA)
Second Stride (KY)
South Delaware Horse Retirement (DE)
South Florida SPCA (FL)
South Jersey Thoroughbred Rescue (NJ)
S.P.C.A.(MD)
Summerwinds Stable (DE)
Sussex County Animal Assoc (DE)
The Equine Sanctuary of Ojai (CA)
The Horse Rescue of North Scottsdale, Inc. (AZ)
The Horse Shelter (NM)
The Ranger Foundation (MD)
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (FL, IA, IN, MD, MO, NJ, NY,OK, KY, SC, VA)
Tranquility Farm (Harry Biszantz Memorial Center for TB Retirement) (CA)
Tri-State Equine Adoption (DE)
Turtle Rock Rescue (NH)
United Pegasus Foundation (CA)
United States Equestrian Federation-Emer. Rescue(KY)
United States Equine Rescue League (VA)
Voice For Horses Rescue Network (OH)
Walkin N Circles (NM)
Wind Ridge (PA)
Whidbey Island Equine Rescue (WA)
Whimsical Equine Rescue (DE)
Wild Horse Ranch (AZ)
Willow Pond Farm (CA)
Wind Ridge Farm Equine Sanctuary (PA)
Woodford Humane Society (KY)
Work To Ride (PA)
http://www.thoroughbredcharities.org/groups.html
Non-Profits Who Have Recieved Grants
$15 Million to Date
by category
Equine Rescue, Retraining, Adoption and Retirement
AAEP Foundation-"Equine Disaster Relief Fund" (KY)
Alaska Equine Rescue (AK)
Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue (NY)
Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue(PA)
Angel Horse Rescue (OK)
Another Chance 4 Horse (PA)
Appalachian Horse Help & Rescue (PA)
Blue Horse Charities (KY)
Bran Manor Equine Rescue (PA)
Bright Futures Farm Rescue (PA)
CANTER (MI, Mid-Atl, New England, OH)
Carolina Equine Society, Inc (NC)
Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue (CA)
CERF (CA)
Chez Chevaux (WA)
Cobleskill Agricultural & Technical College Foundation (NY)
Days End Farm Horse Rescue, Lisbon (MD)
Diamonds in the Rough (FL)
Double D Equine Rescue & Sanctuary (PA)
Equine Advocates (NY)
Equine Encore Foundation (AZ)
Equine Rescue & Rehabilitation, Parkton (MD)
Equine Rescue (NY)
Equirest, Inc. (OH)
Equus (CA)
Exceller Fund (TX)
Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program (NY)
Forever Free Horse Rescue (CA)
Fraternal Order of Firefighters Large Animal Rescue Sem.(KY)
Friends of Ferdinand Indiana, Inc. (IN)
Give Me A Chance Equine Rescue (AR)
GEVA (CA)
Greener Pastures Equine Rescue Foundation, Oklahoma (OK)
Heaven Can Wait (CA)
High Hope Steeplechase Association (KY)
Horse Rescue, Relief & Retirement Fund (GA)
High Hopes, Inc (PA)
Hooved Animal Humane Society (IL)
H.O.R.S.E. of CT (CT)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary (NY)
H.O.O.F. (Horse One To One Outreach Foundation) (CA)
Horse Feathers Equine Rescue (OK)
HorseNet, Inc. (MD)
Horses Haven (MI)
Horses in the Hood (CA)
Horses N Heroes of S. Florida (FL)
Horse Rescue, Relief and Retirement Fund (GA)
Humana Reserve/California Equine Council CA)
Jana Domino T'Bred Foundation (NY)
Jolene's Horse Rescue (CA)
Kentucky Equine Humane Center (KY)
Last Chance Corral (OH)
Lexington Humane Society (KY)
Life Horse (MD)
Lonestar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers (TX)
Lone State Equine (TX)
Lost Acres Horse Rescue (FL)
Lost and Found Rescue Foundation(PA)
Louisiana Vet Medical Assoc.-Equine Committee (LA)
Luv Shack Ranch (AZ)
Michigan State University Vet School (MI)
Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue (MD)
Midway College (KY)
Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation (MN)
Misfit Acres, Inc (MN)
Mitchel Farm Equine Retirement (CT)
Molasses Reef Farm (WI)
Mylestone Equine Rescue (NJ)
New York Horse Rescue (NY)
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program (OH)
Ohio State Foundation (OH)
Oklahoma Thoroughbred Retirement Program (OK)
Old Friends (KY)
Orphan Acres (ID)
Our Mims Retirement Haven(KY)
Paws For Life/Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue (MD)
Peaceful Pastures Horse Rescue (OH)
Pegasus (CA)
Performance Equine Rescue Network (CA)
Pets Alive (NY)
Pheasant Hill Equine Foundation (MD)
Pure Thoughts (FL)
Rainhill Equine Facility (KY)
ReRun (KY, MD, NY, NJ)
Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue (VA)
Ryerss Farm For Aged Equine (PA)
Safe Haven Farm (PA)
Second Chance Ranch (WA)
Second Stride (KY)
South Delaware Horse Retirement (DE)
South Florida SPCA (FL)
South Jersey Thoroughbred Rescue (NJ)
S.P.C.A.(MD)
Summerwinds Stable (DE)
Sussex County Animal Assoc (DE)
The Equine Sanctuary of Ojai (CA)
The Horse Rescue of North Scottsdale, Inc. (AZ)
The Horse Shelter (NM)
The Ranger Foundation (MD)
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (FL, IA, IN, MD, MO, NJ, NY,OK, KY, SC, VA)
Tranquility Farm (Harry Biszantz Memorial Center for TB Retirement) (CA)
Tri-State Equine Adoption (DE)
Turtle Rock Rescue (NH)
United Pegasus Foundation (CA)
United States Equestrian Federation-Emer. Rescue(KY)
United States Equine Rescue League (VA)
Voice For Horses Rescue Network (OH)
Walkin N Circles (NM)
Wind Ridge (PA)
Whidbey Island Equine Rescue (WA)
Whimsical Equine Rescue (DE)
Wild Horse Ranch (AZ)
Willow Pond Farm (CA)
Wind Ridge Farm Equine Sanctuary (PA)
Woodford Humane Society (KY)
Work To Ride (PA)
http://www.thoroughbredcharities.org/groups.html
Kentucky Horse-Racing Commission to Award $18 M in Incentives
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jamie Eads
Breeder Incentive Fund Distributes Over $18 Million in Awards
Awards breeders who stay in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, KY (March 27, 2009) The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) announced today that the Kentucky Breeders' Incentive Fund will distribute over $18.7 million in awards for 2008.
The fund, established in 2005, ensures the strength and growth of the horse industry in Kentucky. It is financed through the 6 percent sales tax paid for breeding a stallion to a mare in this state.
The breeder incentive programs continue to be a significant benefit to the industry and we are thrilled for the opportunity to offer over $18 million in financial rewards to those individuals supporting the industry and the economic growth of the horse industry in the commonwealth of Kentucky, said Lisa Underwood, executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Eighty percent of the money collected goes to breeders of thoroughbreds with 13 percent and 7 percent going to the breeders of standardbreds and nonrace breeds, respectively.
The Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeder Incentive Fund (KBIF)
The KBIF received over $15 million to be distributed in awards for the 2008 racing season. The KBIF requires owners to board mares in Kentucky from the time of breeding until the birth of the foal. Incentive payments are based on the foals eventual winnings on the race track. The KBIF awarded 4,119 races in Kentucky, across the U.S. and group one international races in Canada, England, France and Ireland.
The Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund (KSDF)
The KSDF received $2.4 million for the Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) program, which consists of three $25,000 legs and a $300,000 final for two- and three-year-olds. Races will run at The Red Mile in Lexington, Ky., on Aug. 9, 17 and 27 for two-year-olds and Aug. 10, 20 and 30 for three-year-olds. The $300,000 finals will be run on Sept. 6, 2009. The KYSS rich purse payouts have resulted in award winning stallions standing in Kentucky, including Deweycheatemnhowe.
The Kentucky Horse Breeders Incentive Fund (KHBIF)
The KHBIF received $1,315,708, which will be split proportionately among the 11 nonrace breeds. The Kentucky Quarter Horse Association, representing the largest nonrace breed in the state, received $428,927 and the Paso Fino, representing the smallest breed in Kentucky, received $13,579.
For more information on the breeder incentive funds, including 2008 award winners, statistics on the races awarded, KYSS race dates and nomination deadlines, or nonrace allotments to each breed, visit the Web site at www.khrc.ky.gov or contact Jamie Eads by phone at 859-246-2040 or by e-mail to Jamie.Eads@ky.gov.
(No wonder all the breeders (racing and AQHA) are moving to Kentucky. Perhaps this is one reason why Kentucky contributes more than any other state to the nations "unwanted" horse problem.)
Breeder Incentive Fund Distributes Over $18 Million in Awards
Awards breeders who stay in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, KY (March 27, 2009) The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) announced today that the Kentucky Breeders' Incentive Fund will distribute over $18.7 million in awards for 2008.
The fund, established in 2005, ensures the strength and growth of the horse industry in Kentucky. It is financed through the 6 percent sales tax paid for breeding a stallion to a mare in this state.
The breeder incentive programs continue to be a significant benefit to the industry and we are thrilled for the opportunity to offer over $18 million in financial rewards to those individuals supporting the industry and the economic growth of the horse industry in the commonwealth of Kentucky, said Lisa Underwood, executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Eighty percent of the money collected goes to breeders of thoroughbreds with 13 percent and 7 percent going to the breeders of standardbreds and nonrace breeds, respectively.
The Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeder Incentive Fund (KBIF)
The KBIF received over $15 million to be distributed in awards for the 2008 racing season. The KBIF requires owners to board mares in Kentucky from the time of breeding until the birth of the foal. Incentive payments are based on the foals eventual winnings on the race track. The KBIF awarded 4,119 races in Kentucky, across the U.S. and group one international races in Canada, England, France and Ireland.
The Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund (KSDF)
The KSDF received $2.4 million for the Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) program, which consists of three $25,000 legs and a $300,000 final for two- and three-year-olds. Races will run at The Red Mile in Lexington, Ky., on Aug. 9, 17 and 27 for two-year-olds and Aug. 10, 20 and 30 for three-year-olds. The $300,000 finals will be run on Sept. 6, 2009. The KYSS rich purse payouts have resulted in award winning stallions standing in Kentucky, including Deweycheatemnhowe.
The Kentucky Horse Breeders Incentive Fund (KHBIF)
The KHBIF received $1,315,708, which will be split proportionately among the 11 nonrace breeds. The Kentucky Quarter Horse Association, representing the largest nonrace breed in the state, received $428,927 and the Paso Fino, representing the smallest breed in Kentucky, received $13,579.
For more information on the breeder incentive funds, including 2008 award winners, statistics on the races awarded, KYSS race dates and nomination deadlines, or nonrace allotments to each breed, visit the Web site at www.khrc.ky.gov or contact Jamie Eads by phone at 859-246-2040 or by e-mail to Jamie.Eads@ky.gov.
(No wonder all the breeders (racing and AQHA) are moving to Kentucky. Perhaps this is one reason why Kentucky contributes more than any other state to the nations "unwanted" horse problem.)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Arcangues, BC Classic Winner, Dead
I wonder what they mean by "euthanized?" I hope not like they "euthanized" Ferdinand or Exceller......
by David Schmitz
Updated: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:54 AM
Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:37 PM
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Arcangues, who won the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) at 133-1, has been euthanized in Japan because of complications from founder. He had been sent to Japan from the United States for stallion duty in 1995.
Arcangues not only became the first foreign-based runner to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic, but did so at record odds. The French-based horse captured the 1993 running at Santa Anita over subsequent champion older male Bertrando.
Foaled in 1988, Arcangues raced as a homebred for Daniel Wildenstein. Bred by Allez France Stables, he was foaled at Robin Scully’s Clovelly Farms near Lexington.
Although Arcangues’ Classic win proved shocking, it wasn’t as if the son of Sagace lacked credentials. Trained by Andre Fabre, Arcangues had won the Prix d’Ispahan (Fr-I) several months earlier and had been a group winner the two previous years.
On the down side, Arcangues was coming off an undistinguished effort in the Ciga Prix Dollar (Fr-II) five weeks earlier. He would be without the services of regular rider Thierry Jarnet and would be racing on dirt for the first time. In addition, Jerry Bailey, who was hired to ride Arcangues, could not understand the French groom’s instructions going into the Classic.
Bailey spoke for many when he told fellow rider Gary Stevens on the way to the post that “I don’t know a thing about the horse. I don’t have any idea how to pronounce his name.”
Once the gate opened, none of that mattered. Unhurried during the early going, Arcangues took over from frontrunner Bertrando in the final furlong to post a two-length victory. He returned $269.20 to win, $54.40 to place, and $18.20 to show. Bertrando , part of the favored 6-5 choice with Marquetry and Missionary Ridge, finished 13⁄4 lengths in front of Kissin Kris.
Arcangues, whose win payoff remains a record for all Breeders’ Cup races, was France’s high-weighted older miler in 1993 and was top-weighted on two European free handicaps that year. On the Daily Racing Form Free Handicap for older males, Arcangues was weighted at 123 pounds, two pounds below top weight Bertrando and a pound below Best Pal, who had run 10th in the Classic.
Arcangues was scheduled to enter stud in 1994 at Haras du Buff in France, but it was decided to keep him in training. He remained in Southern California and was placed with trainer Richard Mandella.
Arcangues returned to the races in May 1994 and won the John Henry Handicap (gr. IIT) at Hollywood Park. He raced twice more at Hollywood and was retired with six wins from 19 starts and earnings of $1,981,423. Prior to the 1995 breeding season, Japanese horseman Kazuo Nakamura bought Arcangues from a French syndicate for stallion duty in Japan.
As a stallion, Arcangues sired 264 foals, of which 94 have started and 23 have won, including multiple group II winner Ar Alan.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/49725/arcangues-bc-classic-winner--dead
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Orphaned foals find refuge of their dreams
Rescue is expensive, but Terri Stemper has plenty of love – and friends to help with the feedings.
By Dan Huntley
dhuntley@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Sunday, Mar. 22, 2009
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Terri Stemper watches the foals at the Dream Equine Therapy Center, off S.C. 32 near Brattonsville. DIEDRA LAIRD – dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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Two of the foals soak up the sun. “Some of the neediest horses are these unwanted foals, some as young as a day old,” said Terri Stemper. DIEDRA LAIRD – dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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Dream Equine Therapy Center director Terri Stemper works with several of her five foals ranging in age from 1-3 weeks. Her boyfriend, Mark Hill, watches two more from the foals' barn in the background. DIEDRA LAIRD – dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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Suburban horse country
South Charlotte's suburbs are home to thousands of horse owners, riders, retailers and other equine enthusiasts.
Most horses are located in Union and York counties. But many owners and riders hail from southern Mecklenburg.
Here are some facts about our love of horses:
Union County's horse industry is No. 2 in the state and generates an estimated $18 million annually, according to N.C. agriculture officials and an N.C. Rural Center study.
Union has about 10,000 horses and 120 horse farms of five or more horses, according to a census by Jimmy Jackson, co-owner of High Hope Stables in Union County, a 21-acre farm caring for 17 horses.
York County has an estimated 8,100 horses and 50 farms of five or more horses, according to Carol Deacon, president of the S.C. Horsemen's Council.
Want to know more?
Contact the N.C. Regional Equine Information Network System through the N.C. Cooperative Extension: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/. Visit the Union County chapter of REINS at www.reinsunioncounty.org/home.
For the Dream Equine Therapy Center, visit www.dreamequinetherapycenter.org. E-mail Terri Stemper at detc@comporium.net or call 803-980-8422.
ROCK HILL Terri Stemper has an expensive habit she can't seem to shake – she rescues orphaned baby horses.
“It's my weakness, I've been around horses since I was 7 years old. I can't stand to see a horse suffer,” said Stemper, 30. “And some of the neediest horses are these unwanted foals, some as young as a day old, that are taken from their mothers at birth.”
Stemper works as a registered nurse during the day but the rest of the time she runs the Dream Equine Therapy Center on her five-acre farm in western York County.
The center cares for and finds homes for orphaned horses. At the moment, she's caring for 15 adult horses and five foals. The foals need to be fed a milk formula every four hours around the clock, and the stalls' pine shaving floors need to be emptied twice daily. Neighbors and volunteers help with the horses when she's at work.
Stemper used to work in a veterinary clinic near Lexington, Ky. There she learned a dirty little secret of the thoroughbred horse breeding business.
Horses are big business in the Bluegrass State, with mares worth $200,000 and more. Top-of-the-line mares give birth to foals that are handed off to nurse mares of lesser breeds. That's so the thoroughbred mare can be quickly bred again. The catch is that the offspring of the nurse mares are practically worthless to the horse breeders. They sometimes end up at feedlots where they are eventually slaughtered to be sold as a delicacy food in Europe or Asia, or as pony leather for belts, shoes and purses.
Stemper works with a network of horse rescue agencies in the Midwest that buy the foals from breeders for $100 to $300. Stemper and her boyfriend, Mark Hill, transport foals back to her farm.
She presently has five foals who range in age from one week to three weeks. She plans to take in another 20 foals this spring. The couple care for the foals until homes can be found. In order to adopt the foals, clients must provide background information and prove they have adequate facilities to provide for the horses. They pay a fee of about $500.
On a recent afternoon, the gangly foals were nudging each other, kicking their skinny legs and licking the gated doors of their stalls.
“They're just babies and they're attempting to nurse, so they are constantly licking,” Stemper said as she rubbed the nose of a chestnut foal named Phoebe.
Neighbor Gina Chapman says Stemper is a rare breed.
“I don't know how she does it. She takes better care of those foals than some people do of their children,” Chapman said with a laugh. “It's a money-losing operation with feeding and the vet bills for these horses, but that doesn't slow Terri down. Her heart is in it, and she won't stop until she finds a good home for each of her horses.”
Stemper, who used to work with terminally ill cancer patients, says the name for her center came from her work on the cancer ward.
“I guess I was always talking about my horses and the patients would talk about how they dreamed of someday seeing my horses and riding them. And I got to thinking about how therapeutic it could be for them,” she said. “Well, that's part of my dream too – to save these nurse mare foals and help people get their mind off their illnesses.
“Horses can do some amazing things. I've seen them.”
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/276/story/611804.html
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Strangles Outbreak / UK
STRANGLES, EQUINE - UK (ENGLAND)
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Date: Mon 16 Mar 2009
Source: Cambridge News [edited]
Horse disease outbreak confirmed
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Racehorse trainers are on alert after a highly infectious disease was
confirmed in a horse at one of Newmarket's stables. The horse, at
trainer William Jarvis's stables in Fordham Road, has strangles -- a
disease which can restrict animals' airways and can prove fatal. The
outbreak has come just days before the start of the flat racing
season and a month before the start of racing at Newmarket.
The horse has been isolated and measures have been introduced to
reduce the risk of spreading the disease. Mr Jarvis was not available
for comment. But Mark Tompkins, chairman of the Newmarket Trainers'
Federation, said: "He has done everything right by letting everyone
know about it as early as possible. He has been absolutely brilliant.
The vets are on top of it. Let's hope it can be contained to just the
one horse. His string of horses are being tested and swabbed
constantly and he will exercise his horses in the afternoon when
no-one else is on the heath."
Experts from the Animal Health Trust, based just outside Newmarket,
are also monitoring the situation alongside Mr Jarvis's own vets. Tim
Morris, British Horseracing Authority equine science and welfare
director, confirmed the outbreak was currently limited to a single
horse. He said no restrictions were being imposed on Mr Jarvis's
horses because he had shown a responsible attitude by reporting the sickness.
The last strangles scare in racing was 5 years ago when an outbreak
was confirmed near Epsom about 10 days before the Derby. The race
went ahead as planned after precautions were put in place.
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Suasan Baekeland
[For background on this equine infectious, contagious disease,
characterized by abscessation of the lymphoid tissue of the upper
respiratory tract, caused by _Streptococcus equi equi_, see Mod.TG's
commentary in ProMED-mail posting number 20080903.2752. - Mod.AS]
[see also:
2008
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Strangles, equine - NZ 20080903.2752
Strangles, equine - India (Maharashtra) 20080503.1519
Equine strangles - USA: (OH) 20080212.0562
2006
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Strangles, equine - UK (Scotland) 20060918.2656
2005
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Strangles, equine - Australia (SA) 20050723.2126
Strangles, equine - USA (DE) 20050531.1517
Strangles, equine - USA (multistate)(02): proposed rule, FL 20050407.0999]
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Date: Mon 16 Mar 2009
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Horse disease outbreak confirmed
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Racehorse trainers are on alert after a highly infectious disease was
confirmed in a horse at one of Newmarket's stables. The horse, at
trainer William Jarvis's stables in Fordham Road, has strangles -- a
disease which can restrict animals' airways and can prove fatal. The
outbreak has come just days before the start of the flat racing
season and a month before the start of racing at Newmarket.
The horse has been isolated and measures have been introduced to
reduce the risk of spreading the disease. Mr Jarvis was not available
for comment. But Mark Tompkins, chairman of the Newmarket Trainers'
Federation, said: "He has done everything right by letting everyone
know about it as early as possible. He has been absolutely brilliant.
The vets are on top of it. Let's hope it can be contained to just the
one horse. His string of horses are being tested and swabbed
constantly and he will exercise his horses in the afternoon when
no-one else is on the heath."
Experts from the Animal Health Trust, based just outside Newmarket,
are also monitoring the situation alongside Mr Jarvis's own vets. Tim
Morris, British Horseracing Authority equine science and welfare
director, confirmed the outbreak was currently limited to a single
horse. He said no restrictions were being imposed on Mr Jarvis's
horses because he had shown a responsible attitude by reporting the sickness.
The last strangles scare in racing was 5 years ago when an outbreak
was confirmed near Epsom about 10 days before the Derby. The race
went ahead as planned after precautions were put in place.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Suasan Baekeland
[For background on this equine infectious, contagious disease,
characterized by abscessation of the lymphoid tissue of the upper
respiratory tract, caused by _Streptococcus equi equi_, see Mod.TG's
commentary in ProMED-mail posting number 20080903.2752. - Mod.AS]
[see also:
2008
----
Strangles, equine - NZ 20080903.2752
Strangles, equine - India (Maharashtra) 20080503.1519
Equine strangles - USA: (OH) 20080212.0562
2006
----
Strangles, equine - UK (Scotland) 20060918.2656
2005
----
Strangles, equine - Australia (SA) 20050723.2126
Strangles, equine - USA (DE) 20050531.1517
Strangles, equine - USA (multistate)(02): proposed rule, FL 20050407.0999]
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