Saturday, May 4, will mark the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby, the iconic race for 3-year-old thoroughbreds that has been hailed as the “Greatest Two Minutes in Sports.”
Veterinarian Rick Arthur, the equine medical director at the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at °ϲĻϢ Davis, and for the California Horse Racing Board, is an expert on horse racing injuries, regulation, drug testing, anabolic steroids, medications, veterinary procedures and pre-race veterinary examinations.
His joint appointment to the racing board and the Maddy Laboratory, which is operated by the °ϲĻϢ Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, involves research and development of drug-testing policies, as well as analysis of laboratory findings and industry education. Contact: Rick Arthur, °ϲĻϢ Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, (626) 241-0682, rmarthur@ucdavis.edu.
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Pat Bailey, Research news (emphasis: agricultural and nutritional sciences, and veterinary medicine), 530-219-9640, pjbailey@ucdavis.edu