2008-Aug-1 - Round Table to address safety

The ongoing effort by the Jockey Club to examine health and safetyissues for racehorses will be the dominant subject at theorganization's Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining toRacing on Aug. 17 in Saratoga Springs, the Jockey Club said on Wednesday Members of the Jockey Club's Thoroughbred Safety Committee areexpected to present data on racehorse injuries and also issue recommendations for new racing rules designed to improve safetyconditions. The committee was formed early this summer after thedeath of Eight Belles in the Kentucky Derby brought widespreadscrutiny to the sport.he committee has already issued recommendations that all statesban toe-grab horseshoes, adopt rules that regulate thead ministration of anabolic steroids, and implement a number of whip-related reforms.Speakers at the Round Table will include Stuart Janney III, thechairman of the committee; Dr. Rick Arthur, the equine medicaldirector of the California Horse Racing Board; Dr. Larry Bramlage,the co-owner of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Kentucky; BillCasner, the owner of WinStar Farm; Alan Foreman, the chiefexecutive of the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association; Jim Gagliano,the chief administrative officer of the Jockey Club; David Haydon,the president of InCompass Solutions, a company owned by the JockeyClub; James Hickey, the president of the American Horse Council;Matt Iuliano, vice president of registration services for theJockey Club; and Dr. Mary Scollay, the equine medical director ofthe Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.

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