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Just Steel (Justify), who sustained a condylar fracture of his right front fetlock during Saturday's GI Preakness S., has had successful surgery at the Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, according to a post from Light Up Racing on X yesterday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Larry Bramlage, who appeared in a video on the post. "We're here with Just Steel this morning; this is the morning after his surgery," said Bramlage, in the video shot Wednesday. "He's doing really well. He has a somewhat unusual fracture...

Edited Press Release Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will conduct its upcoming annual Client Education Seminar, catering to professionals and enthusiasts in the equine industry, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, at the Fasig Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, KY. Registration is free and open to the public. Now in its 37th year, the Rood & Riddle Client Education Seminar remains committed to delivering comprehensive, evidence-based medical insights tailored to the equine community. The seminar lineup features a range of speakers and topics covering key areas of equine healthcare. Dr. Katie Garrett...

Domestic Spending (GB) (Kingman {GB}), who was eased out of last Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Mile at the halfway point and later diagnosed with a fractured pelvis, "continues to do well" trainer Chad Brown tweeted Tuesday afternoon. After being vanned back to the Brown barn on the Keeneland backstretch, Domestic Spending was stabilized and later transported to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital with a police escort. On Sunday, Brown surmised on Twitter that the incident occurred at the break and worsened until Flavien Prat was able to get him pulled...

Officials at the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced the 37th annual TOBA National Awards Dinner will be held Saturday, Sept. 10 at Keeneland in Lexington, two days prior to the start of the September sale. The National Awards Dinner honors owners and breeders from 21 states and Canada. Also recognized are the National Owner of the Year and National Owner Finalists, National Breeder of the Year, National Breeder of the Year Finalists, Small Breeder of the Year, Broodmare of the Year, Cot Campbell Racing Partnership of the Year, TOBA...

Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will host the Second Rood & Riddle International Podiatry Conference, an educational seminar for veterinarians and farriers, Apr. 15-16 at the Spy Coast Equine Educational Center on Newtown Pike in Lexington, Ky. The conference aims to create a collaborative experience for veterinarians and farriers to work together, increasing and sharing their knowledge of biomechanics, laminitis, and innovations within equine podiatry. It will feature lectures and demonstrations by some of the equine industry's most notable members. Guest speakers include Dr. Renate Weller of the University of...

StallSide, a bi-weekly podcast covering equine healthcare, was launched by Rood & Riddle Veterinary Pharmacy on Tuesday. The podcast, presented by Rood & Riddle Veterinary Pharmacy, is co-hosted by Dr. Peter Morresey and Dr. Bart Barber. The first guest is Rood & Riddle co-founder Dr. Tom Riddle. Each week will feature a guest clinician, as well as health care topics like care of the pregnant mare, foaling, neonatal care, laminitis, colic, dentistry, geriatrics and infections disease. "We want to give listeners an insight into Rood & Riddle and veterinary medicine,"...

Admitting that the charges that trainer Jason Servis drugged Maximum Security (New Year's Day) threaten the integrity of Thoroughbred racing, his owner, Gary West, has announced that he has hired veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage to examine the horse "from hoof to tail." When asked by the TDN in a follow-up email that if further testing revealed that Maximum Security had illegal drugs in his systems in any races if he would advocate that the horse be disqualified, he replied: "I am not an authority on medications and SGF-1000 (the drug...