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Efficacy Of Oral Joint Supplements: Which Ingredients Actually ‘Work?’

Dr. Rachel Tucker, an associate at Liphook Equine Hospital in the United Kingdom, was on a quest to determine which ingredients, if any, contained in popular equine joint supplements actually worked.

Many oral supplements claim a wide array of effects, including maintaining joint health, offering anti-inflammatory benefits, improving welfare, reducing joint stiffness and pain, and slowing osteoarthritis progression, reports The Horse.

Since most supplements are sold as food products, they are not required to conform to regulations or quality — or to have demonstrated efficacy.

Tucker considered ingredients effective if they achieved a desired response in the joint. They must also be bioavailable when administered orally, and have an appropriate formulation and concentration that matches published studies.

Chondroitin sulfate is a building block of joints; it is bioavailable and reaches synovial fluid and cartilage. It has an anti-inflammatory effect on human joint tissues and has been shown to reduce pain and swelling, as well as to prevent joint space narrowing. Equine-specific studies, however, have shown that chondroitin sulfate has no measurable effect on the horse.

Glucosamine is present in cartilage and synovial fluid; the amino monosaccharide prevents joint breakdown and acts as an anti-inflammatory. Research has shown conflicting evidence: some studies show that glucosamine has slow or no utilization in tissue, while others find that it does have an effect on pain or function.

Boswellia serrata, also called Indian frankincense, claims to be an anti-inflammatory. There have been no veterinary studies on Boswellia serrata's use, so additional investigation is needed, Tucker said. It has shown some benefit in humans who have taken it.

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Turmeric use in humans has demonstrated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, but it has poor bioavailability. Only one veterinary study has been done to date, and the vets involved thought it showed significant improvement in dogs that consumed it.

While Tucker concluded that there is no concrete evidence that supplements work, they are safe to feed horses.

Former Claimer Greeley And Ben Named Remington’s Horse Of The Meet

Greeley and Ben has been named Remington Park's Champion Horse of the Meeting for the 2021 fall thoroughbred meeting, ending a three-year reign for the all-time winningest horse here, Welder.

Greeley and Ben, owned by End Zone Athletics of Mansfield, Texas, and trained by Karl Broberg, not only was Champion Horse of the Meet, but has to be considered for claim of the year in the country. Broberg picked him up for a mere $10,000 at Oaklawn Park in a waiver claiming race on March 7 this year and all he did was win 10-of-12 after that for Broberg and his conglomerate of End Zone Athletics. Greeley and Ben has earned $296,277 with 11 wins from 15 starts in 2021.

The 7-year-old gelded son of Greeley's Conquest, out of the Langfuhr mare Traci's Wild, extended his winning streak to nine in a row, taking the $150,000 David M. Vance Stakes at Remington Park on Sept. 26, a race in which Welder ran fifth. It was arguably the toughest David Vance Stakes in history at Remington Park as multiple stakes winner Mr. Money Bags ran second, beaten 2-1/2 lengths. The third-place finisher, Long Range Toddy, had won the $400,000 Springboard Mile in 2018 and followed that up with a victory in the Grade 2, $750,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark., in 2019, beating a Kentucky Derby favorite, Improbable, in the process. Long Range Toddy then ran in the Kentucky Derby and was interfered with by the disqualified winner Maximum Security in the turn for home.

The 2021 Vance Stakes also included Share the Upside, who beat Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Whitmore, at Oaklawn two years ago in a stakes there, and, of course, Welder, who finished his career with 16 wins over this racing surface. Welder, owned by Ra-Max Farms (Clayton Rash) of Claremore, Okla., and trained by Teri Luneack, is the only horse to ever win Horse of the Meeting more than once.

The Vance Stakes was the first black-type win for Greeley and Ben. He won his championship at Remington winning both of his starts this season. Nationally acclaimed jockey Joe Talamo came in to ride this champion sprinter in the Vance and Remington's leading rider for the fourth year in a row, David Cabrera, was aboard in an open allowance win here on Sept. 4. The allowance was won by a full length over Empire of Gold, the fourth-place finisher in the Breeders' Cup Sprint, behind Whitmore in 2020.

“When did I know I had a stakes horse on my hands during the streak?” Broberg said on the night of the Vance Stakes. “Tonight, when he hit the finish line. I have worked very hard to keep this horse out of spots like this.”

Talamo was thrilled to get the call to ride Greeley and Ben for the first time in the horse's 26 starts and made a little joke in the winner's circle after the huge victory.

“I'll give you $10,000 for the horse right now,” Talamo said to Broberg. “Maybe more!”

Greeley and Ben earned nine times the price Broberg paid for him in the initial claim – $90,000 for the victory in the Vance.

“I just thought he was a horse that looked like he was worth $10,000,” Broberg said. “If I said there was anything genius to it, I'd be making up a story. I'll still be looking for a $10,000 starter allowance for him.”

The winner covered the six furlongs in 1:09.79 on the fast track and lit the track on fire in his allowance win, going 1:08.88.

Greeley and Ben was also voted the season's Champion Sprinter and Champion Older Male. He was bred in Kentucky by the Millard R. Seldin Revocable Trust.

The Remington Park seasonal divisional champions are selected by ballots submitted by media covering the season and track racing-affiliated personnel.

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Wayne Potts Suspended 20 Days For NYRA Claim Violation

Trainer Wayne Potts, currently leading the standings at Monmouth Park, has been suspended for 20 days by the New York State Gaming Commission for a claiming violation at Saratoga, reports the Daily Racing Form. The suspension will run from Sept. 30 through Oct. 19.

Mach One was claimed at Saratoga on Aug. 4, by trainer Amira Chichakly for owners Frank Catapano and Nicholas Primpas. On Aug. 7, the horse was transferred to Potts.

According to NYSGC rule 4038.4, “if a horse is claimed it shall not be sold or transferred to anyone wholly or in part, except in a claiming race, for a period of 30 days from the date of the claim.”

Potts alleges that he tried to claim another horse in the same race; in New York, trainers are not allowed to claim more than one horse from the same race. He gave Catapano and Primpas contact information for Chichakly, who contends she was not aware she was claiming the horse to be transferred to Potts.

Potts said that Primpas believed he couldn't run the horse for 30 days, not that he couldn't transfer it for 30 days.

Chichakly was fined $2,000 for her role. Potts was initially given a 30-day suspension as well as a $2,000 fine, but 10 of those days were stayed as he waived his right to a hearing.

CHRB: 2022 Race Dates Approved, Claiming Limitations Introduced

The California Horse Racing Board conducted a meeting by teleconference on Wednesday, September 15. The public participated by dialing into the teleconference and/or listening through the audio webcast link on the CHRB website. Chairman Gregory Ferraro chaired the meeting, joined by Vice Chair Oscar Gonzales and Commissioners Dennis Alfieri, Damascus Castellanos, Brenda Washington Davis, and Wendy Mitchell.

The audio of this entire Board meeting is available on the CHRB Website (www.chrb.ca.gov) under the Webcast link. In brief:

The Board allocated dates for all of California racing in 2022. The allocations reflect the recent and historical dates run by racing associations and fairs with two notable exceptions. Santa Anita will close for as many as two weeks in the middle of its winter-spring meet. Del Mar will shift its traditional schedule by one week with later opening and closing dates. Date allocations permit the tracks to operate on the dates they choose within their timeframes. The actual dates of planned operation will be announced and considered by the Board when each track submits its license application.
As allocated, the dates for the Southern California thoroughbred circuit will begin at Santa Anita on December 15, 2021 (with opening day expected to be December 26 as usual). Santa Anita will take one week off (three racing days) for certain during the meet – the week of April 15-17 – and has the option for a second “flex week” that could immediately follow – April 22-24 – or be taken off at some other time depending on weather and circumstances. Their allocated dates conclude June 21.
The racing calendar continues to Los Alamitos for daytime thoroughbred racing from June 22 to July 12, and then to Del Mar with allocations from July 13 to September 13. Del Mar is expected to go dark for the first week of that allocation and open its meet on July 22. Del Mar anticipates running beyond Labor Day and closing September 11.
The circuit will then shift back to Los Alamitos (September 14-27), then Santa Anita (September 28-November 8), Del Mar again (November 9-December 6), then finally back to Los Alamitos (December 7-20).
The Thoroughbred/fair circuit in Northern California will begin at Golden Gate Fields with allocated dates of December 22 through June 7, followed by Pleasanton (June 8-July 5), Cal Expo (July 6-26), Santa Rosa (July 27-August 9), Ferndale (August 10-23), Golden Gate (August 17-October 4, overlapped one week with Ferndale), Fresno (October 5-18), and concluding at Golden Gate (October 19-December 20).
The Board allocated an entire year to Los Alamitos for night quarter-horse racing (December 22-December 20). Los Alamitos will race both day and night during those weeks when thoroughbred racing is conducted in the day.
Harness racing at Cal Expo will be conducted within two blocks of dates: December 22 through May 10 and October 26 through December 20.
The Board approved the license application for the Los Angeles Turf Club (LATC) to conduct a Thoroughbred meet at Santa Anita with racing scheduled to begin October 1 and conclude October 31. The Board authorized the meet even though LATC could not finalize the horsemen's agreement with the California Thoroughbred Trainers (CTT). The Board authorized the meet to proceed using the previous year's agreement. Racing commissioners will be meeting with the CTT and racing executives in an effort to resolve their differences.

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The Board approved the license application for the Pacific Racing Association (PRA) to conduct a thoroughbred meet at Golden Gate with racing scheduled to begin October 21 and conclude December 12. PRA faces the same issue as LATC concerning the horsemen's agreement, so the Board authorized that meet to proceed with the previous year's agreement. In conjunction with this license approval, the Board approved an agreement between PRA and the Thoroughbred Owners of California authorizing the racing secretary to establish conditions on races limiting the administrations of certain medications and certain procedures.
The Board approved the license application for Big Fresno Fair to conduct a fair meet in Fresno with racing scheduled October 8-17.
The Board approved the license application for Watch and Wager LLC to conduct a harness meet at Cal Expo with racing scheduled November 19-December 19.
CHRB Executive Director reported on the tracking of racing related injuries that has been a topic at recent Board meetings.
“The CHRB takes all such allegations very seriously,” he explained. “The CHRB assigns a fourth steward to racetracks. In addition to the three-member panel that oversees operations at each track, the CHRB assigns a safety steward to more specifically ensure the protections of horses and licensees. One of the safety steward's responsibilities is to follow up on all horses that are vanned off or injured on the track. If those horses leave the track shortly after the injuries, CHRB investigators follow up along with the safety steward. There have been a few cases where the CHRB suspected that connections were trying to avoid the count, so our team followed up with either ranch visits or by requiring live pictures of the horses. The suspicions thus far have proven to be unfounded. Should we uncover evidence that injured horses are removed from racing or training facilities, the CHRB would prosecute such behavior to the fullest extent possible. If stakeholders or member of the public have actual evidence that any injured horse has been removed from regulated facilities to escape scrutiny, please contact the CHRB directly or through our tip line.”
Concerning the panel responsible for reviewing entries to make sure the horses are fit to compete, Vice Chair Gonzales suggested expanding the panel to provide increased scrutiny for the Breeders' Cup (November 5 and 6 at Del Mar). Dr. Jeff Blea, equine medical director, said this will be accomplished.
The Board authorized Fasig-Tipton Co. to conduct a horse sale at Fairplex in Pomona on September 28.
The Board began the regulatory process to process to prohibit any licensee from depositing more than one claim (commitment to purchase) for any horse in a race. Chairman Ferraro said this will ensure that trainers with smaller stables wishing to claim (purchase) horses will have an equal chance with larger stables that sometimes submit multiple claiming slips for different owners in their barns.
The Board approved the amended license application by Xpressbet LLC to reflect a change in officers for its Advance Deposit Wagering operation.

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