Continuing Education
Using the research and findings from these programs a comprehensive education program designed to educate licensees is being developed for injury prevention in equine athletes. Training materials contain an overview, interactive information, how to movies, and self-assessment sections.
Education Modules
Educational Modules for Continuing Education (CE) Credit through the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and the North American Racing Academy (https://courses.grayson-jockeyclub.org/) – Register for courses before taking the modules to receive credit.
(The 5 modules below should be viewed in a current version of Firefox on a Mac, or Internet Explorer on a PC)
Racing Safety Program Overview Module
Jockey Safety Module – CE credit
Jockey Safety Module – no CE credit
Humeral Fractures Module - CE credit
Scapular Fractures Module - CE credit
Humeral Fractures Module - no CE credit
Scapular Fractures Module - no CE credit
Post Mortem Injury Examination
The video contained in the link below contains graphic material, viewer discretion is advised.
Postmortem Examination of a Racehorse Forelimb Fetlock Breakdown
Equine Fracture References & Diagrams
Racehorse Catastrophic Injury References
Humeral Fractures Technical Notes (pdf)
Scapular Fractures Technical Notes (pdf)
Guidelines for Musculoskeletal Necropsy of Racehorses
Bone Fracture Diagrams link contains a zip file containing multiple Word Documents, each of individual bones.
Equine anatomy forelimb and hindlimb bone posters
Related Links
VIDEO
Racehorse Track Maintenance Procedures (for Dirt & Synthetic)
Development of the UC Davis Track-in-a-Box for Racehorse Track Surface Evaluation
VIDEO of drassage horse on different surfaces
Dressage horse extended trot on a dirt surface
Dressage horse extended trot on a synthetic surface
VIDEO of racehorses on different surfaces, courtesy of Mitch Taylor
Racehorse front hoof interaction with deep surface
Racehorse front hoof interaction with dirt surface- zoomed on hoof
Racehorse front hoof interaction with hard surface
Racehorse front hoof interaction with mud
Racehorse front hoof interaction with synthetic surface
Racehorse hind hoof interaction with dirt surface
Racehorse hind hoof interaction with dirt surface- zoomed on hoof
Racehorse hind hoof interaction with synthetic surface
ARTICLES
PRESS RELEASE
BloodHorse: "UC Davis Studying Humerus, Scapula Fractures"
UC DAVIS News and Information:"Preventing injuries to horse racing jockeys"
Paulick Report: "Half of falls result in substantive jockey injury"
Futurity: "To protect jockeys, protect horses first"
AUDIO
Capital Public Radio: "Quarter Horse Racing More Dangerous Than Thoroughbred Racing"