Handicatting with Floyd…
Got the win with Miami Cat on Thursday, but still down $57.20. Today, a $1 catzacta of Devoted Wildcat and Back Catcha Eric; Catnipper and Neatie the Cat for the win.
…and with Imp and Furlong
Imp's down about $97, Furlong's down $22. For both: $1 catzacta of Devoted Wildcat and Back Catcha Eric. She goes with Catnipper and Devoted Wildcat; he takes Back Catcha Eric and Queen'splatekitten.
Madison’s fund for feline welfare
The cat horse winners during the Belmont spring meet added up to about $250, which was donated to All About Spay Neuter, the organization that helps take care of the Belmont cat colonies.
$155, representing the money made by cat horse winners at Saratoga, was donated to New York City Animal Care & Control
Tag Archives: Race Day Medication Summit
Final thoughts: What I learned – and didn’t – about race day Lasix
As I said at the beginning of this marathon endeavor, I went to the Race Day Medication Summit mostly to learn and without any prior opinions on the use of Lasix. And after nearly nine hours of presentations and panels, … Continue reading
Management of EIPH from a veterinary perspective: Race Day Medication Summit
I really hadn’t planned on dragging this recap out for a week…but we’ve finally reached the last two presentations from last week’s Race Day Medication Summit. Following the trainers’ discussion of managing EPIH, the veterinarians took the stage. Moderated by … Continue reading
Race Day Medication Summit: Management of EIPH from a Trainer’s Perspective
The panel was moderated by John Kimmel, a New York-based trainer with a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. Panelists were Christophe Clement (US/France); John Gosden (UK/AUS), Richard Mandella (US); Graham Motion (US); and John Size (HK/AUS). … Continue reading
Race Day Medication Summit: Regulation of Race Day Medications and Management of EIPH – International Perspectives
As I wrote in my first post about this Monday summit, I came to it with little prior knowledge about the use of Lasix or about bleeding in horses. Given the length, detail, and number of the presentations, it would … Continue reading
Race Day Medication Summit: Perspectives from Hong Kong and Ireland
Doing this in small and, I hope, manageable bites, a presentation or two at a time. Following a morning in which the focus was on the basics of EIPH (exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage) and the effects of furosemide (Lasix/Salix), lunchtime and … Continue reading
Race Day Medication Summit: Overview of EIPH and its treatment
I don’t know a lot about medication in horses. I’m neither a vet, nor a scientist, nor a horsewoman. For these reasons, I haven’t had much of an opinion on race day medications in horses, leaving those decisions to those … Continue reading
