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Does Suture Material Affect Surgery Speed?

Gelding operations are among the most-performed surgical procedures in the equine veterinary world. Though this surgery has been performed for many years, there is always room for potential improvement.

Drs. Ditte Marie Top Adler, Stine Østergaard, Elin Jørgensen and Stine Jacobsen, of the University of Copenhagen, wanted to compare a new, barbed suture martial to traditional suture material that requires the surgeon to make multiple knots to keep the stitches in place. The barbed suture material has tiny barbs on the surface that lock the material in place, eliminating the need for knots. Manufacturers claim the barbs make the material more secure and increase the speed at which the castration can be performed.

The research team used 45 horses that were brought to The Large Animal Teaching Hospital at the University of Copenhagen for inguinal castrations; 24 of the horses were sutured with smooth material and 21 were sutured with the barbed material. The scientists then evaluated any complications while the horse was in and out of the hospital. They also compared how long it took the veterinarian to close the surgical wounds.

There were minor short-term complications; swelling was noted in 29 percent of the stallions that had the barbed suture material and in 33 percent of the horses that had the smooth suture material. Three horses required follow-up care for castration complications. One had scrotal swelling (barbed suture material had been used); one had a weeping wound (smooth suture material had been used); and one had the wound reopen (smooth suture material had been used).

Veterinarians using the barbed suture material were able to close the wound six minutes faster than using smooth suture material.

Though the cost of barbed suture material is higher, it reduced surgery time by 40 percent and it did not result in increased post-op complications.

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Stradivarius Could Face Santiago At Goodwood

Tuesday’s G1 Qatar Goodwood Cup has the makings of an intriguing contest, with champion stayer Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) aiming for an historic fourth win in the race which will also feature this season’s Irish Derby winner Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}).

Bjorn Nielsen’s homebred Stradivarius, who is now the winner of six Group 1 contests including a hat-trick of Gold Cups at Royal Ascot, first triumphed at Goodwood as a 3-year-old when downing the colours of another popular stayer, Big Orange (GB) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}). The latter was then a 6-year-old, as Stradivarius is now.

There will be a maximum field of seven for the two-mile contest, potentially including last Saturday’s G3 John Smith’s Silver Cup winner Eagles By Day (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), whose dam Missunited (Ire) (Golan {Ire}) made her final racecourse appearance at Glorious Goodwood in 2014 when winning the G3 Lillie Langtry S. for trainer Michael Winters and owner-breeder Vanessa Hutch.

Nayef Road (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was runner-up to Stradivarius at Royal Ascot, is also entered, along with Scottish raider Euchen Glen (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) and Spanish Mission (Noble Mission {GB}).

Who Dares Wins (Ire) (Jeremy), another Ascot winner, whose stamina has already been tested beyond the two-mile mark in the Queen Alexandra S., completes the list of entrants.

His part-owner Henry Ponsonby said, “I think Who Dares Wins can be considered a definite runner at this stage. Tom Marquand will ride him. I think he’s entitled to be there on his Prix du Cadran run last year—he finished fourth, not far behind Dee Ex Bee, who was second to Stradivarius on a number of occasions last season.”

Who Dares Wins provided Tom Marquand with his first victory at the Royal Meeting and was one of three winners at Royal Ascot for his trainer Alan King.

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Nichols Joins NTRA Advantage

Emma Nichols has joined NTRA Advantage, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s purchasing arm, in the position of Sales Manager while Emily Moylan is moving to the role of Inside Sales Manager, effective August 2020.

A native of Laurinburg, NC, Nichols comes to NTRA Advantage having spent over five years working for the United States Hunter Jumper Association. Prior to joining the USHJA, Nichols used her background in management, sales, and customer service working for US Equestrian.

Moylan has been with NTRA Advantage since June 2016, holding the position of Equine Sales Manager. A lifelong equestrian, Moylan competed in the sport horse world throughout college and previously worked for US Equestrian and Tom McCutcheon Reining Horses.

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Kublers Become UK’s First Married Training Partnership

Daniel and Claire Kubler have become the first husband-and-wife team to be officially licenced as a training partnership in the UK following a change in the rules in May 2020.

Prior to that, a British training licence could only be held in one name but, following a Twitter plea to the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) from the couple on International Women’s Day in March 2019, the rules were adjusted to follow countries such as Australia and France in allowing licences to be held in multiple names. Father-and-son partnerships Paul and Oliver Cole and Simon and Ed Crisford have already taken advantage of the new arrangement.

The Kublers, who train at Sarsen Farm in Lambourn under the name of Kubler Racing, announced on their website on Wednesday that Claire’s application had recently been approved by the BHA.

“We have always worked together, so it’s very much business as usual. We started out with just six horses and have grown the business to around 35 horses. Training winners is a team effort, a joint licence goes some way to reflecting that,” the statement read.

“We’ve been keen to operate as a training partnership since we started out. We floated the idea on social media and received a positive response that led to the BHA getting in touch. We worked closely with the BHA and the NTF to get the concept off the ground. We would particularly like to thank Henry Bradley at the BHA for going above and beyond to make this happen.”

Kubler Racing hopes to have a first runner for the new partnership at Ascot this weekend, where 2-year-old maiden winner Bowland Park (GB) (New Bay {GB}), who was bred and is owned by Claire’s parents Gary and Lesley Middlebrook, is set to contest the listed Pat Eddery S.

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