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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: McCarron On Whip Reform
Many racing jurisdictions throughout the United States and around the world are taking steps to change how the whip – or riding crop if you prefer – is used in our sport.
While there doesn't seem to be consensus on exactly what changes should be made, there is widespread agreement that some reforms are necessary.
In a special edition of the Friday Show this week, Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron joins publisher Ray Paulick and editor-in-chief Natalie Voss to share his views on whip reform and how his opinion has evolved, both during his riding days and later while teaching aspiring jockeys at the North American Racing Academy in Lexington, Ky.
“I was still learning when I retired after 28 years in the saddle,” said McCarron, “and I learned even more when I started teaching, when I had to articulate what my thoughts were to the students and try to instill in them what the experience is like.”
McCarron is firm in his conviction that the riding crop is a necessary piece of equipment for a jockey to carry, but also believes that reform is an important step forward for the sport, and one that can and should be achieved on an international basis.
Watch The Friday Show below to hear Chris McCarron's perspective on this issue, and let us know your feelings in the comment section.
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Following the exploits of Enable and Stradivarius, Battaash can make history by capturing today’s Qatar King George Stakes for a fourth time at Glorious Goodwood.
Not Just Good For The Gut: Probiotics Help Heal Wounds In Horses
Researchers in the Netherlands have found that equine wounds treated with a dressing impregnated with probiotics heal more quickly than when a dressing soaked in saline is used. Probiotics are live microorganisms that are beneficial to the host; they also compromise some bacteria.
Drs. Jacintha Wilmink, Søren Ladefoged, Angelique Jongbloets and Johannes C. M. Vernooij used 29 horses with lower leg wounds that were less than 6 months old and were more than 1.5 square inches. Most of the wounds were caused by trauma, but some wounds were caused from pressure.
Fifteen wounds were treated with probiotics and 14 were treated with sterile saline. The wounds were categorized into those with an incomplete granulation bed and wounds with a complete granulation bed.
Horsed were evaluated for 24 days, with bandage changes nine times during the study. Wounds were cleaned with swabs moistened with sterile saline and debris was removed. Blood was drawn and wounds were swabbed to identify the bacteria present.
The study team found that wound area decreased faster when dressings that contained probiotics were applied; the rate to 50 percent healing of wounds with a complete granulation bed was 3.4 times faster when probiotics were used in the wound dressing. No systemic inflammation was found from using the dressing with probiotics.
Read more at HorseTalk.
Read the full study here.
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