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Healing Power
Equine Therapy Center helps horses
Leading new York SireS
bY earningS get back on track
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t was a regular regimen. Following their morning workouts, young Bruce Jackson
Leading new JerSeY SireS would lead a mix of sport horses and racehorses down a shady lane past cows
bY earningS in fields onto the expansive West Wittering Beach and to the water’s edge in
West Sussex, England.
The daily excursions into the sea helped reduce inflammation of the horses’ joints
and tendons, thanks to the therapeutic benefits of natural seawater, rich in sodium
chloride. The frigid sea also assisted circulation through the legs and sped up good
quality hoof growth.
Flash forward four decades. Today Jackson is providing those healing capabilities of
natural seawater at his Equine Therapy Center on the grounds of the Fair Hill Training
Center, which sits on the border of northern Maryland and southern Chester County,
Pa. The facility installed a cold saltwater spa last June and is using it to treat a variety of
equine injuries, including tendon sprains, ligament issues, bruised shins, foot growth
in the early stages of laminitis, and for healing nasty cuts and abrasions.
Advertisers’ “Immersing the horses’ legs in seawater is extremely effective in both healing and
preventing injury,” said Jackson, who grew up on his parents’ sport horse farm. “It’s
Index something that English horsemen have done forever. I can tell you it really kept our
horses remarkably fit.”
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(www.mcmahonthoroughbreds.com)
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Lydia WiLLiams photos
Underwater treadmills are just one of the many therapeutic options at Equine Therapy Center
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State sire lists updated daily online.
2009 Leading Sires in New York Go to http://breeding.bloodhorse.
com/sirelists.asp
For stallions that stand, will stand, or stood (deceased) in New York (exported stallions are excluded), and have runners in North America. Listed below are all available statistics for the Northern Hemisphere through December 9,
2009. As supplied to The Blood-Horse by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., earnings exclude monies from Japan and Hong Kong. *Foal counts include Southern Hemisphere. Cumulative stakes winners includes all countries.
(A ¶ indicates a sire represented by his first crop to race).
Stakes Rstrct Cumulative
Rank
2010 Rnrs/ Wnrs/ SW/ 2009 Stks *A-E *Comp
Stallion (Foaling Year, Sire), Farm Standing Stud Fee Wnrs Wns BT SW (Chief Earner, Earnings) Earnings Foals Wnrs Index Index
1 Posse (00, Silver Deputy), Empire Stud $10,000 158/86 6/12 1/6 (Kodiak Kowboy, $832,805) $3,861,372 227 10 1.53 1.34
2 Freud (98, Storm Cat), Sequel Stallions New York $6,500 121/64 8/13 4/8 (Franny Freud, $296,029) $3,412,927 256 17 1.79 1.33
3 rePent (99, Louis Quatorze), Empire Stud $5,000 144/68 4/7 3/4 (Crown of Thorns, $427,440) $3,179,092 236 9 1.36 1.24
4 Catienus (94, Storm Cat), McMahon of Saratoga $10,000 158/96 5/5 2/5 (Cannonball, $368,944) $3,106,791 *359 20 1.45 1.29
5 Golden Missile (95, A.P. Indy), Milfer Farm $7,500 172/89 3/6 1/3 (Stealth Missile, $121,266) $2,750,077 *454 11 1.10 1.82
6 ConGaree (98, Arazi), Highcliff Farm $7,500 96/47 3/3 0/3 (Mythical Power, $458,000) $2,150,554 136 5 1.21 1.42
7 Gold token (93, Mr. Prospector) Died, 2006 94/54 2/2 2/2 (Gold for the Queen, $146,482) $1,791,989 *279 8 1.34 1.15
8 Hook and ladder (97, Dixieland Band), Sequel Stallions New York $5,000 92/45 0/0 0/0 (Early Response, $109,890) $1,518,289 151 6 1.33 1.54
9 Western exPression (96, Gone West), Highcliff Farm $5,000 83/45 1/2 0/1 (I Lost My Choo, $166,600) $1,432,295 256 4 1.23 1.32
10 a. P Jet (89, Fappiano), Sugar Maple Farm Pnsd 78/36 1/1 1/1 (Livin Large, $128,336) $1,373,442 446 15 1.15 1.32
11 kinG CuGat (97, Kingmambo), Questroyal at Dutchess Views Farm $3,500 76/40 2/7 0/2 (Mambo Meister, $229,070) $1,369,984 *426 8 1.24 1.15
12 disCo riCo (97, Citidancer), Keane Stud Operations $5,000 61/35 3/6 1/3 (At the Disco, $166,924) $1,348,617 138 7 1.57 1.24
13 read tHe Footnotes (01, Smoke Glacken), Sequel Stallions New York $5,000 56/35 3/5 3/3 (Rightly So, $201,550) $1,347,325 98 4 1.57 1.25
14 reGal ClassiC (85, Vice Regent) Pnsd 78/37 1/2 1/1 (Joe Corrigan, $132,138) $1,219,513 *960 44 1.43 1.55
15 PriMe tiMber (96, Sultry Song), Sez Who Thoroughbreds North $3,000 76/37 1/2 0/1 (Silver Timber, $193,740) $1,191,597 180 5 1.19 1.37
16 eltisH (92, Cox's Ridge), Keane Stud Operations $3,500 62/35 0/0 0/0 (Wyatt's Women, $111,461) $1,069,128 237 12 1.24 1.40
17 aMeriCan CHanCe (89, Cure the Blues) Died, 2004 43/24 2/5 2/2 (Mor Chances, $184,265) $1,064,207 *409 30 1.50 1.29
18 desert Warrior (00, Deputy Minister), McMahon of Saratoga $2,500 62/26 0/0 0/0 (Kiss and Fly, $108,478) $1,027,906 *135 0 0.97 0.98
19 roarinG Fever (00, Storm Cat), Questroyal at Dutchess Views Farm $5,000 56/27 1/1 0/1 (Disco Diva, $67,325) $965,393 93 1 0.98 1.02
20 Mayakovsky (99, Matty G), Mill Creek Farm $3,000 48/20 1/5 1/1 (Mother Russia, $291,828) $948,284 65 1 1.27 1.36
21 Jade Hunter (84, Mr. Prospector), Questroyal at Dutchess Views Farm Pnsd 64/24 1/1 0/1 (Global Hunter, $317,000) $864,929 *924 43 1.40 1.63
22 WHeelaWay (97, Unbridled), McMahon of Saratoga $3,000 98/24 1/2 0/1 (Win for Fun, $73,530) $823,800 *243 5 0.81 1.22
23 outoFtHebox (98, Montbrook), Sez Who Thoroughbreds North $2,500 74/29 1/2 1/1 (Hypocrite, $122,000) $732,377 214 3 0.70 1.46
24 PHone triCk (82, Clever Trick) Died, 2005 53/30 0/0 0/0 (Basic Trick, $76,500) $720,162 *1112 52 1.50 1.50
25 say Florida sandy (94, Personal Flag), Buckridge Farm $3,000 51/19 0/0 0/0 (Say Toba Sandy, $79,295) $653,445 124 1 0.81 1.22
26 raFFie's MaJesty (95, Cormorant), Sugar Maple Farm $3,000 31/11 2/2 2/2 (Ruffino, $186,800) $635,353 103 10 1.68 1.10
27 rizzi (91, Afleet), Sez Who Thoroughbreds North $2,000 46/26 1/1 0/1 (Ahvee's Destiny, $86,605) $571,703 *359 17 1.23 1.26
28 PerForMinG MaGiC (97, Gone West), Sugar Maple Farm $3,500 25/13 2/2 1/2 (Sezzana, $90,325) $548,003 66 4 1.29 1.16
29 key Contender (88, Fit to Fight), Highcliff Farm N/A 29/16 2/5 1/2 (Weathered, $229,330) $532,909 221 3 1.15 1.23
30 sMokin Mel (94, Phone Order) Died, 2008 19/13 1/1 1/1 (Smokin Hero, $114,837) $486,867 42 1 1.40 1.07
*A-E and COMPARABLE INDEX: The lifetime Average-Earnings Index indicates how much purse money the progeny of one sire has earned, on the average, in relation to the
average earnings of all runners in the same years; average earnings of all runners in any year is represented by an index of 1.00. The Comparable Index indicates the average
earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire, when these same mares were bred to other sires. Only 32% of all sires have a lifetime AEI higher than their mares
Comparable Index.
Under a brilliant sky on a late autumn cleansing, and healing any open wounds any infection from one horse to another
morning, riders perched on top of their or sores on the horse. Water aeration is eliminated.”
mounts are making their way from the also has a massaging effect on the legs. The horse stands in the spa for 10 min-
stables to Fair Hill’s training tracks. Over It utilizes a double filtering system and utes. The leg stays cold for another three
at the Equine Therapy Center a rangy, chlorine so that the risk for transferring to four hours, triggering another impres-
stakes-winning son of Dynaformer is sive benefit.
rinsed off outside the barn, then led into “Afterward, the temperature of the leg
the equine spa unit. The doors are closed gradually warms and you get a dilation
all around. Constructed of the same fiber- effect that causes a rush of blood and oxy-
glass material used for building yachts, gen to travel through the bloodstream to
the equine spa has a non-slip bottom for the lower limb, which traditionally has
good footing and rounded edges and re- very poor circulation, and helps heal it,”
cessed handles so the horse won’t snag a Jackson said. “That is the biggest benefit
hip going in and out. of this unit.”
Constantly circulating, the saltwater Patrick Lawley-Wakelin, racing manag-
travels through a chilling system that er for Robert S. Evans, said the operation
maintains a temperature of 35 degrees has sent a couple dozen horses to Jack-
Fahrenheit. It is roughly 15 degrees colder son’s facility over the past few years. In
than ice and water in a bucket, which late November four Evans runners were
tends to get warmer as the horse stands undergoing various treatments.
in it. The water rises to a level above the “After ankle surgery we’ve sent them
knee and hocks but is not allowed to come to use the saltwater therapy,” noted Law-
in contact with the horse’s belly. The tem- ley-Wakelin. “Same with tendon issues,
perature of the foot does not impact the it brings the tendon down and gets the
horse’s body temperature. swelling out. It’s a big improvement over
When the spa unit is filled, it contains ice boots or ice buckets. The treatment re-
520 gallons of water, 150 pounds of Epsom ally speeds up the recovery process and
salts, and 100 pounds of sea salt. has been an invaluable tool for us.
“The saltwater acts like a poultice on “Another big plus is after the treat-
the leg, drawing any heat, inflamma- ments are finished, they are able to go
tion, and edema out of the tissues,” Jack- out to Fair Hill’s Tapeta track or just jog
son explained. “It’s terrific for soothing, Bruce Jackson through the countryside. These days so
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State sire lists updated daily online.
2009 Leading Sires in Maryland Go to http://breeding.bloodhorse.
com/sirelists.asp
For stallions that stand, will stand, or stood (deceased) in Maryland (exported stallions are excluded), and have runners in North America. Listed below are all available statistics for the Northern Hemisphere through December
9, 2009. As supplied to The Blood-Horse by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., earnings exclude monies from Japan and Hong Kong. *Foal counts include Southern Hemisphere. Cumulative stakes winners includes all
countries. (A ¶ indicates a sire represented by his first crop to race).
Stakes Rstrct Cumulative
Rank
2010 Rnrs/ Wnrs/ SW/ 2009 Stks *A-E *Comp
Stallion (Foaling Year, Sire), Farm Standing Stud Fee Wnrs Wns BT SW (Chief Earner, Earnings) Earnings Foals Wnrs Index Index
1 not For love (90, Mr. Prospector), Northview Stallion Station $20,000 213/124 15/22 9/15 (Not for Silver, $263,020) $5,975,628 680 64 1.84 1.49
2 lion Hearted (96, Storm Cat), Northview Stallion Station $3,000 179/89 6/6 6/6 (Aspenglow, $177,097) $3,430,574 *385 14 1.28 1.33
3 louis Quatorze (93, Sovereign Dancer), Murmur Farm $5,000 160/75 7/8 5/7 (Dancin Banker, $136,628) $2,538,570 *814 22 1.19 1.46
4 outFlanker (94, Danzig), Maryland Stallion Station $5,000 122/72 4/5 1/4 (Saxet Heights, $128,270) $2,469,834 374 18 1.43 1.17
5 tWo PunCH (83, Mr. Prospector), Northview Stallion Station N/A 98/50 1/1 0/1 (Rhythmn Master, $92,255) $1,539,302 *945 52 1.48 1.45
6 Go For Gin (91, Cormorant), Bonita Farm $3,000 64/31 2/6 2/2 (Banrock, $347,027) $1,367,125 *334 13 1.42 1.51
7 MoJave Moon (96, Mr. Prospector), Bonita Farm $2,000 78/38 2/4 1/2 (Sumacha'hot, $197,660) $1,345,643 178 2 0.84 1.29
8 roCk slide (98, A.P. Indy), Maryland Stallion Station $4,000 60/27 2/3 1/2 (Ariana D, $141,000) $1,220,338 108 3 1.14 1.33
9 doMestiC disPute (00, Unbridled's Song), Northview Stallion Station $2,000 72/34 0/0 0/0 (Domestic Bliss, $96,440) $1,082,728 *147 0 0.83 1.29
10 allen's ProsPeCt (82, Mr. Prospector) Died, 2003 52/26 1/3 1/1 (All Giving, $194,900) $932,173 1049 69 1.30 1.33
seekinG dayliGHt (98, Seeking the Gold), Maryland Stallion
11 Died, 2009 37/16 0/1 0/0 (Daylight Express, $122,739) $688,653 *136 1 1.17 1.36
Station at Shamrock Farms
12 CroWd Pleaser (95, A.P. Indy) Died, 2006 37/17 0/0 0/0 (Tease, $147,650) $662,874 136 4 1.09 1.23
13 Great notion (00, Elusive Quality), Northview Stallion Station $2,000 28/15 1/2 0/1 (Great Love, $169,575) $593,471 64 2 1.33 1.23
14 CitidanCer (87, Dixieland Band) Pnsd 25/14 0/0 0/0 (Citifest, $80,783) $431,828 351 29 1.76 1.26
15 eastern eCHo (88, Damascus) Died, 2004 32/10 1/1 1/1 (Fancy Diamond, $91,430) $412,261 *523 27 1.20 1.42
16 no arMistiCe (97, Unbridled), Country Life Farm $3,000 38/18 0/0 0/0 (Onearmedbandit, $68,300) $392,762 80 1 0.72 1.00
17 PolisH nuMbers (87, Danzig) Died, 2002 17/10 0/0 0/0 (Big Dealer, $118,844) $360,450 513 52 1.55 1.61
18 ¶ oratory (02, Pulpit), Country Life Farm $4,000 23/14 0/0 0/0 (Myrtle's Gray, $33,180) $322,231 *57 0 0.93 1.23
19 ¶ danCe WitH ravens (02, A.P. Indy), Northview Stallion Station $3,000 33/8 0/0 0/0 (Charmingmegan, $47,130) $318,514 81 0 0.61 1.58
20 Carnivalay (81, Northern Dancer) Died, 2007 12/4 2/4 0/2 (Mixed Up, $184,495) $303,184 594 40 1.41 1.35
*A-E AND COMPARABLE INDEX: The lifetime Average-Earnings Index indicates how much purse money the progeny of one sire has earned, on the average, in relation to the
average earnings of all runners in the same years; average earnings of all runners in any year is represented by an index of 1.00. The Comparable Index indicates the average
earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire, when these same mares were bred to other sires. Only 32% of all sires have a lifetime AEI higher than their mares
Comparable Index.
much money is spent on training. Time ing from chips (arthoscopic surgery on Mulhall before heading back to Eng-
is of the essence. The Fair Hill experience leg joints). The horses have been able land, where he assisted Merrick Francis,
enables them to get back to full training to maintain a certain level of fitness so a son of legendary mystery author Dick
much faster.” we can get started up at the track a little Francis.
Beyond the cold-water spa ($50 a ses- sooner. But the main goal is to get back “It was an offer I couldn’t resist,” Jack-
sion), the Equine Therapy Center offers the best horse you can.” son admitted. “But I kept feeling this
an AquaPacer (an underwater treadmill), pull back to America, so in 1989 I started
solarium therapy, a European freestyle WorldWide experience training here at Fair Hill and running my
automatic walker, shock wave therapy, Growing up along the south coast horses on the East Coast, primarily in the
magnetic therapies, acupuncture, a ther- of England, Jackson rode dressage and Mid-Atlantic region.”
apeutic farrier, and an oval jogging track show horses and competed in three-day Jackson-trained stakes winners include
that surrounds an outdoor courtyard. All eventing. His parents also owned a string Mia Sposa, Wind Quest, Crafty Toast, Pol-
equipment, modalities, and services are of racehorses. His first job in the Thor- ish Miss, Starvinsky, Libby’s Halo, and
Clifton Park.
“These days I still train a few horses for
longtime clients,” Jackson said, “but my
“I came over to work for Jonathan for six months focus has been on the therapy facility the
last several years.”
and wound up staying 41⁄2 years.” Barn Fire
B r u c e Ja c k s o n In November 2005 Jackson experienced
a horseman’s worst nightmare. Just after
dark a raging fire burnt his Fair Hill rac-
at the disposal of the horse’s veterinarian, oughbred world was with English trainer ing barn to the ground. The next morn-
who designs the rehabilitation protocol Fred Winters in the early 1980s. At age 19 ing charred posts and jagged pieces of tin
with Jackson and his staff, which oversee he accepted an invitation to work at Ash- were the blackened remains of what was
its administration. well Stables in the rolling hills of Chester a 40-stall horse barn. Only four of the 28
The facility has become a valuable ad- County, Pa., the training farm of Jona- horses stabled there survived. His bud-
junct to the racing program of some of than Sheppard. ding equine therapy center, due to open
the East Coast’s top owners and trainers. “I came over to work for Jonathan for within three weeks, was also destroyed.
Over the past few years when one of Hall six months and wound up staying 41⁄2 “It wiped us out with our older race-
of Fame trainer Bill Mott’s prized run- years,” Jackson recalled. “Then I spent horses,” said Jackson, who lives in nearby
ners has been recovering from surgery, six months rubbing horses in Baden- Oxford, Pa. “It was devastating for the
a significant injury, or needs to freshen Baden, Germany, and moved on to Aus- horses and our people who worked with
up, Mott has often turned to the Equine tralia, where I worked with trainers Brian them. But horses are all we know. We got
Therapy Center. Mayfield-Smith at Rosehill and Neville busy planning our new barn and an even
“They look good when they come Begg in Sydney.” better therapy center.”
back,” said Mott. “Most of them have in- He returned to the States to work in Ten months after the fire Jackson and
juries like bucked shins or are recover- Southern California for trainer Richard co-owner Buddy Jones of Ocala, Fla.,
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State sire lists updated daily online.
2009 Leading Sires in Pennsylvania Go to http://breeding.bloodhorse.
com/sirelists.asp
For stallions that stand, will stand, or stood (deceased) in Pennsylvania (exported stallions are excluded), and have runners in North America. Listed below are all available statistics for the Northern Hemisphere through December
9, 2009. As supplied to The Blood-Horse by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., earnings exclude monies from Japan and Hong Kong. *Foal counts include Southern Hemisphere. Cumulative stakes winners includes all
countries. (A ¶ indicates a sire represented by his first crop to race).
Stakes Rstrct Cumulative
Rank
2010 Rnrs/ Wnrs/ SW/ 2009 Stks *A-E *Comp
Stallion (Foaling Year, Sire), Farm Standing Stud Fee Wnrs Wns BT SW (Chief Earner, Earnings) Earnings Foals Wnrs Index Index
1 JuMP start (99, A.P. Indy), Ghost Ridge Farms $10,000 166/99 8/12 1/8 (Rail Trip, $742,790) $4,403,981 291 18 1.52 1.45
2 Honour and Glory (93, Relaunch), Ghost Ridge Farms $6,500 206/104 3/7 1/3 (Nadeshiko, $176,109) $2,810,532 *1622 40 1.11 1.53
3 Cat tHieF (96, Storm Cat), Penn Ridge Farms $5,000 147/83 4/7 0/4 (Thethiefatmidnight, $119,614) $2,641,857 *353 14 1.26 1.79
4 WiseMan's Ferry (99, Hennessy), Dana Point Farm $3,500 113/70 1/1 1/1 (Swilly Ferry, $340,717) $2,247,665 *172 4 1.22 1.08
5 Partner's Hero (94, Danzig), Northview PA $2,000 111/46 4/5 1/4 (Heros Reward, $158,530) $2,148,881 347 17 1.33 1.42
6 delaWare toWnsHiP (96, Notebook), Penn Ridge Farms $2,500 112/66 2/4 0/2 (Victorina, $148,053) $2,062,755 218 6 1.21 1.33
7 buddHa (99, Unbridled's Song) $3,500 211/106 1/1 0/1 (Hisse, $58,800) $1,978,190 *470 4 0.65 1.50
8 Greatness (99, Mr. Prospector), Ghost Ridge Farms $5,000 66/43 0/0 0/0 (Red Leader, $130,664) $1,697,989 100 1 1.33 1.08
9 trust n luCk (00, Montbrook), Penn Ridge Farms $2,000 76/43 2/6 1/2 (Trust Or Bust, $321,186) $1,692,211 *144 4 1.08 1.26
10 albert tHe Great (97, Go for Gin), Pin Oak Lane Farm $3,500 77/39 2/2 1/2 (Albertus Maximus, $420,000) $1,461,198 *225 5 1.30 1.20
11 snoW ridGe (98, Tabasco Cat), Regal Heir Farm $5,000 98/45 1/1 0/1 (Bebob, $75,898) $1,324,843 208 5 1.07 1.27
12 lite tHe Fuse (91, Buckaroo), Pin Oak Lane Farm $3,500 97/33 2/3 1/2 (Going Ballistic, $158,330) $1,275,192 432 22 1.31 1.24
13 WHeaton (90, Alydar) Died, 2006 50/25 2/8 1/2 (Russell Road, $476,295) $1,235,177 326 14 1.30 1.07
14 sMootH Jazz (99, Storm Boot), Ghost Ridge Farms $3,500 46/23 1/1 0/1 (Smooth Air, $380,000) $1,081,133 82 1 1.57 1.09
15 real Quiet (95, Quiet American), Penn Ridge Farms $6,000 81/36 0/0 0/0 (Quiet Again, $124,850) $1,070,123 *438 12 1.23 1.27
16 lido PalaCe (CHI) (97, Rich Man's Gold), Northview PA $3,000 66/31 1/1 0/1 (Vineyard Haven, $282,500) $939,935 120 2 0.98 1.41
17 CHanGeintHeWeatHer (99, Gone West), Xanthus Farms $3,000 49/28 0/0 0/0 (Run for Shelter, $68,925) $706,552 88 1 0.93 1.22
18 Coastal storM (99, Storm Cat), Pin Oak Lane Farm $2,500 28/10 1/2 1/1 (Coastal Solace, $209,470) $609,924 102 3 1.20 0.86
19 siPHon (BRZ) (91, Itajara), Pin Oak Lane Farm $3,500 66/20 1/1 1/1 (Hurley's Way, $99,264) $603,483 *514 14 1.01 1.61
20 ¶ Medallist (01, Touch Gold), Northview PA $4,000 25/8 1/3 1/1 (Ibboyee, $355,048) $575,445 54 1 1.53 1.60
*A-E AND COMPARABLE INDEX: The lifetime Average-Earnings Index indicates how much purse money the progeny of one sire has earned, on the average, in relation to the
average earnings of all runners in the same years; average earnings of all runners in any year is represented by an index of 1.00. The Comparable Index indicates the average
earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire, when these same mares were bred to other sires. Only 32% of all sires have a lifetime AEI higher than their mares
Comparable Index.
opened the doors to an impressive new “There is a whole lot that goes into get-
barn and the Fair Hill Equine Therapy ting horses to the racetrack and having
2009 West Virginia Sires
By Winners
Center. Constructed by Amish builders, them do well,” said Trombetta, whose
Sire Rnrs Wnrs
the barn is bright with substantial airflow. charges have earned in excess of $3.5 mil-
Each part of the facility plays a specific role lion in 2009 through mid-November. During........................................... 59.......................33
in the horse’s recovery or fitness training. “Bruce’s facility gives me plenty of op- Black Tie Affair (IRE) .................... 76.......................32
It houses equine postoperative patients as tions. It might be for horses coming off a Luftikus ......................................... 65.......................28
well as those receiving physical therapy tough race that need a little help or those Housebuster ................................. 55.......................26
for injuries. rehabbing off surgeries. All of their thera- Kokand ......................................... 63.......................24
Fair Hill’s Mike Trombetta says that pies enable them to get back to work in a Prized ........................................... 53.......................24
Bop ............................................... 38.......................23
as a trainer, he tries to leave no stone timely manner.”
Civilisation .................................... 55.......................22
unturned.
oxygen Therapy Way West (FR) ............................. 51.......................22
Makin............................................ 50.......................21
A 4-year-old colt is recuperat-
Family Calling ............................... 40.......................18
ing from knee surgery to remove
bone chips. He is led into a two-
inch thick steel chamber. Be- absorbed by the animal through both the
hind him, the door closes. There skin and lungs. Used successfully to treat
is a constant hissing sound—air humans for decades, oxygen therapy has
being pumped into the unit. been a lifesaving remedy for ocean divers
Off to the side, technician Julia suffering from the bends and for victims of
Winters sits at a control panel smoke inhalation.
adjusting several dials while Oxygen is delivered to the equine pa-
monitoring a video screen that tient under increased pressure. The pro-
shows the dark bay colt stand- cedure concentrates the oxygen available
ing quietly inside. in the air breathed by the horse that allows
The chamber is a spacious, more oxygen to be dissolved into the blood
stall-like area with padded plasma. As this oxygen-rich or super-sat-
walls and rubber mats on the urated plasma travels through the body
floor where the animal is free to via the bloodstream and flows across the
roam around or lie down. The cell membranes, it delivers oxygen to cells
colt ambles over to the cham- to help heal and repair the diseased or in-
ber’s porthole window and jured tissues.
peers out intently at a couple The treatment speeds healing for tendon
of visitors during the painless and ligament injuries, circulatory prob-
procedure. lems, internal bleeding, difficult wounds,
Inside the chamber, pressure and areas of bone infection, and aids in
slowly builds, forcing 100% post-race recovery.
pure oxygen (regular air has Evans’ Elysium Fields, runner-up in the
An oxygen chamber can also speed healing 21%) into the room, where it is 2008 Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II), col-
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N O RT H E A S T / M I D - AT L A N T I C
State sire lists updated daily online.
2009 Leading Sires in New Jersey Go to http://breeding.bloodhorse.
com/sirelists.asp
For stallions that stand, will stand, or stood (deceased) in New Jersey (exported stallions are excluded), and have runners in North America. Listed below are all available statistics for the Northern Hemisphere through December
9, 2009. As supplied to The Blood-Horse by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., earnings exclude monies from Japan and Hong Kong. *Foal counts include Southern Hemisphere. Cumulative stakes winners includes all
countries. (A ¶ indicates a sire represented by his first crop to race).
Stakes Rstrct Cumulative
Rank
2010 Rnrs/ Wnrs/ SW/ 2009 Stks *A-E *Comp
Stallion (Foaling Year, Sire), Farm Standing Stud Fee Wnrs Wns BT SW (Chief Earner, Earnings) Earnings Foals Wnrs Index Index
1 deFrere (92, Deputy Minister), Walnford Stud $6,000 90/41 0/0 0/0 (Emily Allstar, $154,960) $1,528,446 *460 20 1.30 1.23
2 Private intervieW (92, Nureyev), Colonial Farms $2,500 46/19 0/0 0/0 (Nondo, $89,332) $876,296 195 4 1.17 1.29
3 CraFty Friend (93, Crafty Prospector), Walnford Stud $6,000 58/27 1/1 0/1 (Savethebestforlass, $88,385) $734,380 315 10 1.01 1.19
4 unbridled Jet (96, Unbridled), Sleeter Farm $2,000 51/16 0/0 0/0 (Scheing E Jet, $66,750) $637,546 *211 7 1.12 1.26
5 Mr. nuGGet (96, Mr. Prospector) N/A 27/8 0/0 0/0 (Balaban, $76,810) $378,056 71 1 0.75 1.28
6 Gerosa (97, Cherokee Run), Walnford Stud $1,000 12/7 0/0 0/0 (Little Stitch, $102,600) $306,049 25 0 1.32 1.02
7 eveninG kris (85, Kris S.) Died 13/7 0/0 0/0 (Evenings End, $63,208) $260,546 141 3 1.36 1.11
8 Mo Mon (98, Maria's Mon), Four Winds Farm $2,500 18/7 0/0 0/0 (Moneigh Lisa, $101,042) $258,694 37 0 0.88 1.22
9 iron dePuty (99, Silver Deputy), Walnford Stud $3,000 10/4 0/0 0/0 (Justin M, $62,556) $229,032 15 0 1.28 1.39
10 Mr. sinatra (94, Mining), Hidden Acres 4-D Farm N/A 16/5 0/0 0/0 (Livin Fastforward, $140,884) $228,787 37 0 1.03 1.13
*A-E AND COMPARABLE INDEX: The lifetime Average-Earnings Index indicates how much purse money the progeny of one sire has earned, on the average, in relation to the
average earnings of all runners in the same years; average earnings of all runners in any year is represented by an index of 1.00. The Comparable Index indicates the average
earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire, when these same mares were bred to other sires. Only 32% of all sires have a lifetime AEI higher than their mares
Comparable Index.
Trainers and owners use Equine Therapy Center's treatment programs to speed their horses' return to performance
lided with Big Brown in the first turn of the the chamber and attend to 10 to 12 horses horse’s recovery but doesn’t make it run
Florida Derby (gr. I) and was eventually a day. Since the chamber was installed in any faster.”
sent to Fair Hill with a tendon injury and a June 2008, they’ve treated more than 3,000 Anderson, who has been the chief vet-
cracked shin. horses—roughly 80% racehorses—with a erinarian at the training center since 1992,
“We had to stop and start from scratch,” growing clientele of top-level dressage and tended to Barbaro during his stay at Fair
noted Lawley-Wakelin. “The oxygen ther- event horses. Hill. She said the oxygen therapy helps
apy definitely sped up his recovery; then Treatments last roughly 45 minutes with muscle metabolism and revitaliz-
we moved on to the aquatread. It’s not in- with 10 minutes on either side to prepare ing the lung tissue after an intense racing
expensive, but it’s gotten our horses back the horse and to decompress from the ma- program.
to full training much more quickly. Elysi- chine. The cost per session is $300. Many “We’ve had grade I winners come in
um Fields is back racing on the West Coast veterinarians believe oxygen therapy is after a tough race for five treatments over
with Neil Drysdale.” the biggest breakthrough in equine treat- five days. It helps them recover more
Fair Hill veterinarians Kathy Anderson ment since the use of ultrasound back in quickly, and they’re better prepared to
and Charles Arensberg are partners, along the 1980s. move forward with their racing schedule.
with Jackson and Buddy Jones, in the hy- “Equine medical therapy is often a com- Some trainers use it on a regular, ongoing
perbaric oxygen therapy business. The posite of multiple medical treatments used basis. Once the trainers and owners see
cost of the machine and installation was to promote healing and recovery,” stated positive performance results, there is no
about $500,000. Three technicians operate Jackson. “This therapy enhances the quibbling about it.” b
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