Summary Background To date, no large scale studies have reported race‐day events requiring veterinary attention in British Thoroughbreds racing on the flat. Quantifying and describing common injuries health conditions affecting racehorses will enable targeted risk factor analysis aimed at reducing their occurrence. Objective describe type incidence of experienced by Thoroughbred participating flat UK . Study design Retrospective cohort study (2000 to 2013). Methods Veterinary recorded...

Proliferative and fibrosing interstitial lung disease was diagnosed in 20 horses submitted for necropsy between 1982 1985. Most of the were foals ranging from 3 days to 6 months age. Six adult affected. The macroscopic microscopic characteristics lesions consisted proliferative pneumonia similar those atypical ruminants. Based on morphologic features lesions, a toxic etiology is suspected induction this naturally acquired primary equine disorder, but could not be specifically discovered by...

Summary Reasons for performing study: Sudden death adversely affects racehorse welfare, jockey safety and the public perception of horseracing. Objective: To describe risk racing‐associated sudden in Thoroughbred racehorses UK from 2000 to 2007, identify whether there were factors uniquely associated with improve understanding pathogenesis by identification such cases. Methods: A was defined as an acute collapse death, apparently healthy racehorse, during or immediately after racing, absence...

Superficial digital flexor (SDF) tendinopathy is a common injury in Thoroughbred horses racing over hurdles. Identification of risk factors may allow the introduction measures to minimise incidence this injury.To identify for SDF hurdle races UK.Potential were studied between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2009 using retrospective cohort study design with 1031 case starts 168,637 control starts. Potential screened univariable logistic regression prior multivariable model building.IN final...

The British Team at the 9th Paralympic Games in September 1992 Barcelona comprised 151 men and 54 women athletes a total of 15 sports. They were supported by staff 86 including 12-strong medical team. selected from National Championships five disability organizations: Wheelchair Sports Federation; Blind Sport; Cerebral Palsy Amputee Association; Les Autres Association. This article outlines organization experience support injury/illness profile was similar to those able bodied sport. team...

No large-scale studies have described veterinary events occurring in National Hunt (NH) flat racing or investigated risk factors for fatality this race type.To describe injuries and conditions requiring attendance on day to determine racehorse NH Great Britain.Retrospective cohort study (2000-2013).Information from all races held over the period, including horse, event report details, was combined. Veterinary were by type anatomical structure(s) affected. Incidence per 1000 starts calculated...

A key focus of the racing industry is to reduce number race-day events where horses die suddenly or are euthanased due catastrophic injury. The objective this study was therefore determine risk factors for fatalities in Thoroughbred racehorses, using a cohort all participating flat Great Britain between 2000 and 2013. Horse-, race- course-level data were collected combined with fatalities, recorded by racecourse veterinarians central database. Associations exposure variables fatality...

The assessment of belief that equine conformation is associated with performance and durability a fundamental concept horsemanship. Surprisingly, there almost no quantitative evidence to support these beliefs.To assess the prevalence heritability conformational traits in Thoroughbred yearlings, investigate their significance for subsequent turf flat-racing durability.Nine selected were assessed consistent, qualitative manner by single veterinary observer entered into database together...

Accurate diagnosis of racing injuries can be difficult. The objectives this study were to describe the postmortem (PM) defined distribution fatal distal limb fractures (DLF) affecting Thoroughbreds in Great Britain between February 1999 and August 2005 then assess accuracy veterinary racecourse diagnoses examine whether these improved following introduction a computerised recording system. PM examinations performed on limbs radius or tibia from all cases DLF occurring British racecourses...

A retrospective cohort study of distal limb fracture and superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) injury in Thoroughbred racehorses was conducted using health records generated by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) between 2000 2010. After excluding horses that had both flat jump racing starts, repeated were reduced to a single binary record per horse (n = 66,507, 2982 sires), heritability each condition estimated residual maximum likelihood (REML) with animal logistic regression...

Summary Background A key focus of the racing industry is to minimise number race‐day distal limb fractures although no studies have identified risk factors for both fatal and non‐fatal fractures. Objective To determine experienced by Thoroughbred racehorses participating in flat Great Britain ( GB ). Study design Retrospective cohort. Methods Information was collected from all starts occurring on racecourses between 2000 2013, including horse, race, course, trainer jockey data each horse...