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Barbaro Scholarship for future equine vets |
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Written by Gohorsepower.com
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Saturday, 10 March 2007 |
Gulfstream Park, in conjunction with track owner Magna Entertainment Corp., and the University of Florida, announced on March 10th the establishment of the Barbaro Scholarship Program. The program is designed to provide financial assistance and professional mentoring, through the American Association of Equine Practitioners, to students pursuing a career in equine medicine and surgery.
The Barbaro Scholarship program, with first-year funding of $30,000, will offer three scholarships. Two scholarships will be awarded to fourth-year UF veterinary students who are committed to a career in equine medicine and surgery. These scholarships, each worth $12,500, will be known as the Florida Derby Scholarships. A third scholarship, worth $5,000, will be awarded to a graduate student in equine veterinary research at the university. This will be known as the Barbaro Research Scholarship.
“The health and safety of the thoroughbred, and those who ride and take care of them, is of paramount importance to Magna Entertainment Corp.” said Gulfstream Park President Bill Murphy. “We shared the exhilaration that Barbaro’s owners, Roy and Gretchen Jackson, felt after their great colt won the Holy Bull Stakes and Florida Derby at Gulfstream, then the Kentucky Derby. And we shared their despair after he suffered his injury two weeks later.
“That injury has served as a call -- not only to the veterinary community, but also to all who love the thoroughbred and make a living in the racing industry -- to do all we can to promote research that will one day lead to the kind of medical developments that will preserve the lives of some of these wonderful animals. On behalf of Frank Stronach, Chairman of MEC, we are proud to offer assistance to any young person who values the thoroughbred as we do.
For more information and contacts read the entire press release on GulfstreamPark.com
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