Welfare & Safety Summit Tues-Wed at Keeneland

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Annual Welfare & Safety of the Racehorse Summit will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at Keeneland.

This year all sessions are open to the public, if you are in town; but you can also watch it live via an internet feed on the Keeneland website.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 8:30am to Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 8:30am

The fourth edition of the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit will feature a "Prevention vs. Reaction" theme when it is held at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday, October 16, and Wednesday, October 17, 2012.

The summit, which is underwritten and coordinated by the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and The Jockey Club and hosted by Keeneland Association, will once again bring together participants representing a broad cross-section of industry leaders and stakeholders to evaluate equine health issues and priorities.

For the first time, the entire summit will be open to the public. A live video stream of the proceedings will again be available here.
http://www.keeneland.com/calendar/we...cehorse-summit

The Tuesday session will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. The morning sessions will feature:

Dr. Mick Peterson — Identification of Illegal Riding Crops and an Update from the Racetrack Surfaces Testing Laboratory

Matt Iuliano — Reformed Racing Medication Rules Update

Kellyn Gorder, Tom Proctor, and Phil Sims — An Honest Look at Racing (a trainer panel with an open discussion on horsemanship and training practices)

The Tuesday afternoon session will feature:

Dr. Mary Scollay — Pre-Race Inspections: Why are they so Important?

Dr. Tim Parkin — Equine Injury Database Update

Dr. Larry Bramlage — Selected Effects of Training and Racing on the Musculoskeletal System

Dr. Wayne McIlwraith — Corticosteroids and the Horse in Training

Trainer Education Panel featuring the Racehorse Injury Prevention Program and Indiana Horse Racing Board

Safety Committee at Racetracks Panel

The Wednesday morning session will feature:

Racing Commissioners Panel — Implementing Safety Initiatives

Totally Aftercare Panel — Continuing the Push for Aftercare Programs

More information about the upcoming summit is available at http://www.grayson-jockeyclub.org/We...ty/default.asp.