Sara slowly, VMD, who, as chairman of the race committee, has led the efforts of the American Association of Equine Practitioner to combat the problem of catastrophic musculoskeleton in the thoroughbred racing racing horses over already defined risk assessment protocols. At the 70th annual Congress of the AAEP in Orlando, Florida.
The President's award winner is selected by the seating AAEP president and honors an AAEP member who has proven an engagement for the associations last year by benefiting considerable time and expertise on the health and the well -being of the horse.
Dr. Snail-paced, partner at Teigland, Franklin and Brokken DVMS, Inc. (TFB Equine) and Manager of the Belmont Park Division, coordinated in October 2023, under the Summit Summit summit of the veterinary experts, under the summit meeting of the thoroughbred security and injury rehearse , among others in South Florida. The recommendations that occur were an ambitious and potentially transforming one -year project that in January 2025 under the supervision of Dr. It started slowly in order to evaluate the suitability of six different portable biometric sensors for the widespread employ of the initial prevention of thoroughbred racing and training population in the USA The GREETs is the early identification of horses that are included for injuries to the musculoskeletal system are exposed to the musculoskeletal system.
“To get this project from the idea for reality was a Herculean task that was the definition of the parameters of the research project, the securing of funds, communication with the companies involved, navigating in complicated politics, facilitating the logistical details and much more” , said in 2024 AAEP President Katie Garrett, DVM, DACVS.
“Dr. Slowly all of this did and at the same time found the time to coordinate initiatives such as the incredibly successful 'Day' Day in the Races' program, which brings veterinarians to race tracks so that they can learn about veterinary careers in the racing industry. She is also a full-time practitioner and is a member of the AAEP board of directors. How much she has achieved this year is really remarkable. ”
After Dr. Slowly received her veterinary degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 2002, he completed an internship in the hospital in the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. , expanded the practice to make its customers in Belmont Park in Elmont, NY, available all year round for services
Dr. Slowly serves as AAEP for the veterinary spokesman for Call to support live televisions of whole blood races. Before that, she was a member of the committee for educational programs and professional behavior and ethics committee. Apart from the AAEP, Dr. Slowly member of the advisory group of the rider of the Horsesersacing Integrity and Safety Authority.
