Washington
Thoroughbred Farm Managers Association
WTFMA
Meeting
When: Tuesday, April 29,
2008 Time: 7:00 p.m. Where: WTBA M.J. Alhadeff Sales Pavilion
Speaker: SARAH OWENS, DVM
MRCVS
Topic: New Theories and
Modalities for Treating Tendon Injuries
Dr. Owens will be speaking on Dr.
Owens is a third generation Seattleite who has recently returned home to
practice sport horse medicine. She has spent the last few years working in top
clinics around the world and is now based at NW Equine Veterinary Associates in
Maple Valley.
Dr. Owens has extensive experience
working with elite polo ponies, three-day event horses and was the vet for the
movie "Racing Stripes," during which she took care of over 100 racehorses. She
has also provided care for many racing yards in Devon, England, where she was
the first person to introduce such technology as IRAP, stem cell therapy and
maggot debridement.
She is an avid Thoroughbred
enthusiast and has brought her own Thoroughbred "Little Englander" home with
her. She now looks forward to bringing a practical, modern approach to medicine
to the horses in the Pacific Northwest. Please help welcome her home.
RSVP:
lfairbanks@tx3.net or 360-829-0652.
Beverages provided.
he Washington Thoroughbred Farm Managers Association (WTFMA) is a
continuing education organization for people in the Thoroughbred industry in
Washington State. The association is aimed at "hands-on" owners and managers.
Our programs have featured speakers that are experts in their fields and have
included:
Dr. Stephen Duren, consulting equine
nutritionist, spoke on nutrition in mares, foals, weanlings, and yearlings and
how it affects performance, OCD, bleeding and tying up
Dr. Amy Gill, from Kentucky, who gave a
presentation on the feeding of horses with emphasis on the development of the
young horse
Dr. Susan McDonnell from New Bolton Center in
Pennsylvania who talked about stallion behavior
Dr. Juan Samper, who helped develop Ovuplant,
speaking on programming mares
Representative from Ft. Dodge informing on the
use of Flu Avert
Rod Lamphere of Rhodes & Fullaway and Tom
Allen of Plaza Insurance addressing tax planning and insurance needs
Emerald Downs trainers, Jim Penney and Doris
Harwood answering questions
Robert J. Campbell, local DVM, recaps
highlights of the AAEP convention
Dr. Mike Alberts of Rocky Bay Equine on foaling
and neonatal disease
Round table discussions on breeding
theories
Farm tours
We also do service projects such as help
coordinate the important nurse mare
program and help publish the Washington Thoroughbred Farm and Service
Directory.
We invite breeders, owners, trainers,
veterinarians, and interested horsemen to join us. Watch
Dates to Remember for upcoming meetings and
programs.
For further information, please contact Lanny
Fairbanks, home 360-829-0652, cell 253-224-8602.
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