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2004:
Hour Two: Science of Horse Racing
Last Saturday, 'Smarty Jones' ran away with the roses in the 130th Kentucky Derby. With a bit of luck -- and even science -- some say he might go on to win the Triple Crown. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll take a look at the science in horse racing. Are winners born and bred, or trained? Just what physical characteristics make for a great racehorse?
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Guests:
Scot Waterman
Executive Director
Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
Lexington, Kentucky
Norm Ducharme
Medical Director, the Equine
Hospital
Professor of Surgery, College of
Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Niall Brennan
Trainer (trained and sold Derby contender 'Read
The Footnotes')
Niall Brennan Stables
Ocala, Florida
Patrick
Biancone
Trainer (of Derby contender 'Lion
Heart')
Arcadia, California
This segment produced by Erica Altman
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Related Links:
Kentucky
Derby 130 | 2004
Horse
Racing and Breeding Information from The Blood-Horse
NTRA.com
The
Jockey Club: Dedicated to the Improvement of Thoroughbred Breeding and
Racing Since 1894
Racing
Medication and Testing Consortium, Inc.
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