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New Track Surfaces Present Challenges To Platers

Jury still out on the best way to shoe for synthetic tracks

By Heather Smith Thomas posted on January 1, 2010 | Posted in Business Practices

Shoeing the racehorse has taken on a new set of challenges with the new Polytrack synthetic surfaces being used on many racetracks.

With Synthetic Surfaces, Less Traction May Be The Call

By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 2008 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing

Many track farriers are convinced that the foot doesn’t slide as effectively on synthetic racing surfaces as on dirt or grass.

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July 1, 2007 | Posted in Business Practices, Disciplines & Breeds

Due to the constant pounding in training and racing, Susan Stover says, many Thoroughbreds end up with microscopic bone damage as the injured horse swaps damaged tissue for new tissue. However, the University of California veterinary researcher at Davis, Calif., found that more than 90 percent of tissue sampled from racehorses that had died or were euthanized after leg fractures had pre-existing bone damage.

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