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PanimetroHorse Protection, Interview with Horse Biomechanics Author & Social NetworkingOn editorials about horse protection, my interview with the horse biomechanics author and the impact of the social networking revolution vs old style advertising:  Panimetro, my rescued ex-racehorse, on the VICCTRE 2009 Calendar cover I’m working on three editorials/articles/posts that I believe of great interest to my readers and all of these posts relate in some way or another! I had an interview with horse biomechanics author of “The Tug of War” and DVD “If Horses Could Speak” – Dr. Gerd Heuschmann – at his book signing on October 29th; then I went to his lecture the next evening. I took a lot of notes and used my recorder. This is an issue close to my heart as he is a proponent in bringing back the true Classical Dressage instead of rewarding the ‘modern’ competitive dressage which can be inhumane (have you seen the ‘blue tongue’ video circulating the internet?) and actually harm the horse as it gets older. My trainer, Kathy Daly, is a Classical Dressage trainer and a judge. I’m so thankful that I followed her training practices over the 16 years that I have been with her. More on this interview soon as I compile my notes.  Dr. Gerd Heuschmann's book, Tug of War The week previous, I had posted many articles about the Cloud issue and the mustang roundup by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that provoked quite a protest. Accompanying this were many YouTube videos, showing potentially inhumane capture conditions, lameness of some horses and foals, tying up and colic induced from the process of the roundup via helicopter down the Pryor mountain range 12 mile trek in 90+ degree heat. More soon on this, too. The newest Cloud PBS documentary was on that Sunday evening (Oct. 25th) and shortly after that was a TV episode of “Mad Men” about an early 1960′s Cooper-Sterling advertising agency that had a controversial subject about a large dog food company that had horsemeat in their ingredients and was losing customers because of it. So I had this correlation or observation going on in my head about the horse slaughter issue, mustangs and mad men in general. Leading up to the Cloud documentary, a horrific YouTube video showing the disgusting and inhumane slaughter methods used on horses was circulated via the social networks Facebook and Twitter. I have seen slaughter videos, but not one as horrible as this one. So, I started writing an editorial I was (am) to call “Mad Men and Mustangs”. To do this I started an extended search via the internet on all that has been written recently about the mustang issues and what happens to them when they are rounded up, a correlation with the slaughter process, and the episode of “Mad Men” that showed the beginning in 1961 when a larger majority of people became aware of the horrors of horse slaughter from the movie “The Misfits” (more on this in my extended version). The ‘mad men’ of the ad agency showed how they tried to handle a re-branding of dog food (that contained slaughtered horse meat) so people would buy it again.  Cloud & his band Well, 27 pages later on this subject, I had to back up and start a project management process to pull all of this information together. I have decided to provide this information in a series that will be in the format of an ongoing information dump and discussion – it can’t be covered in just one editorial. The implications on this issue are too vast and I always like to understand all aspects before I make statements that can be misconstrued or be too direct in passing judgment. I have discovered a correlation of how the advertising industry worked ‘in the old days’ and how social media is changing the way we influence people, as it has become a trust in your peers and friends and ‘not so much’ for the bigger companies/industries. Being an active participant in social media allows us to widen our circle of influence and extend our influence to others. Other than just connecting with friends or peers in your industry or interest area, social networking is slowly replacing previous methods of product marketing.  Headline Article Showing Share Social Networking Button
 Enlarged Shot of Share button From a business perspective, you get fans via Face Book along with the constant suggestion of friends that meet your profile criteria (mine is horses for the most part, plus animals, gardening, the environment, etc.) and friends that follow you on Twitter, again meeting your profile criteria or according to your postings or ‘tweets’. I get more spammers on Twitter than Face Book, but I don’t have to follow them back (and you can block them if you wish). I’ve only done this for something that looks like a porn follower, although I really don’t care who follows me. I don’t post anything that is so controversial or private that it makes a difference. The spam I get is more along the lines of advertising for teeth whitening or click here to make millions using Twitter – just ignore those and don’t ever click on these links. I do have the state of the art virus protection, Eset’s NOD 32®, that will block anything malicious, plus a myriad of other ways I manage spam on my PCs. Okay. this editorial is getting too long. There is just too much to say in one editorial and I don’t want to lose your attention. I look forward to sharing full versions of my lecture overview, mustangs, mad men, slaughter and more on social networking media and what it means to you as a consumer and as a company/service provider. All of this really does link together Teri MyEquusBlog – Panimetro – How He Broke His Leg
Metro came to St Croix and then to a race on St Thomas 2 years ago. He broke from the gate strong, but on the first turn suffered a fracture of his left front sesamoid. His owner Felix retired him with our organization VICCTRE. He was a noble and willing patient and had an amazing will to heal. We brought him to our rehab facility DEC of 2005. The second link is from that race he did not finish. Click on thumbnail images for larger view. http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_archive?id=9421807 - St Croix exerpt: Panimetro, the horse brought here to beat the two big horses from across the pond, finally looked liked a world beater in the feature race. The race, 1 mile for a purse of $4,000, was a twilight special. Because of a couple of long delays, the race went off after 6 p.m. The race was all Panimetro. With Elmo Barnes in the irons, he took the lead at the club house turn and quickly opened up some seven lengths on the field as they ran down the back stretch. Hearts at Risk, with Miguel Sanchez aboard, put in his run as they entered the far turn, but he did not have enough to get Panimetro.
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_archive?id=11332129 - St Thomas exerpt: Panimetro, with Elmo Barnes in the irons, looked strong coming out of the gate, jumping out to a two-length lead running on the inside, but seemed to get spooked as things tightened up coming out of the first turn and nearly careened into the rail before trotting off to the side of the track.
He had a significant fracture and a lot of soft tissue damage, but he was determined and so were we. He allowed the farrier and vet to work on him as he lay down…and Mother Nature took over. Almost a year and 1/2 later he was ready to make the trip to the continental US. He arrived in North Florida after quarantine on Puerto Rico and a flight to Florida and now he has the best life ever! He lives with a wonderful woman Teri Rehkopf and we are so happy for him. I now live close by and see him now and again. He is doing so well!! Can you send up pictures of him racing? He is so noble and a wonderful, wonderful horse. His leg was HUGE… just huge and he could not put any weight on it for a long time after the injury. Now, it is almost ‘normal’, but he has NO flexion in that joint He is happy and sound at walk and trot. He is just a happy, HAPPY horse and has a girlfriend named Rocki. MyEquusBlog – Panimetro – Thoroughbred Racehorses Beat the Odds, Retire to FloridaThis is a reprint from North Florida Horse Rescue/old HorsesintheSouth.com so that my readers can understand where my Metro came from and why he is so special. February 23, 2007 – Keystone Heights, FL. Seven-year old Panimetro, a thoroughbred racehorse, suffered four major fractures in his left front ankle, an injury similar to Barbaro’s-the Kentucky Derby winner that was recently euthanized. “Metro” could have met the same sad fate, but was able to heal himself by lying down for long periods over the last year and a half and allowing caretakers to attend to him.  Metro in the Virgin Islands in 2005 This was the largest shipment of rescued racehorses from the Virgin Islands Community Cooperative Thoroughbred Retirement Effort (VICCTTRE), a nonprofit 501(C)3 organization that had rescued, rehabilitated and adopted 28 horses since its 2004 inception. All four horses raced both stateside and in the islands. All suffered serious injuries, from Metro’s broken leg to bruised soles, damaged hooves and arthritis. With the medical care, love and dedication of the VICCTRE volunteers they now have a new life to look forward to. Kate Grimsley, VICCTRE’s founding director and barn manager was in tears before sending Metro to his new Florida home. “It’s amazing to me, on the heels of Barbaro, who had to be euthanized, to see his will,” Grimsley said. “I’m a different person for knowing this horse.” (Note: Chris Dunn’s neighbor, Teri Rehkopf, CEO/owner of HorsesintheSouth.com adopted Metro on the spot – she told Chris that he had to stay with us to assure that he would get the best of care. He is Teri’s mare’s companion horse. He has a huge stall with open access to his own paddock. He is let into his own pasture during the day.) Contact: See below and the original press release at the Virgin Islands Daily News. VICCTRE celebrates hard-fought recovery of racehorses ST. THOMAS – As a thoroughbred racehorse who suffered a broken leg, Panimetro could have met the same sorrowful end as Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner who was euthanized this week.Instead, the 7-year-old Panimetro fought to heal – by lying down for as many as 12 hours a day, thus giving veterinarians and caretakers a chance to attend to him in his stall. Now he’s headed for a new life and a new home. On Thursday, he was among four retired race horses sent to greener pastures after being cared for by the Virgin Islands Community Cooperative Thoroughbred Retirement Effort. It marked the largest single shipment of rescued horses that the nonprofit organization has produced. Bach One, Brimstone Tough and Smooth Distinction each spent between six and eight months at VICCTRE’s stables behind St. Thomas Dairies. They raced locally and stateside before retiring, and VICCTRE volunteers found each to be special.  Kate and Bo visiting Metro at Teri's place “It’s amazing to me, on the heels of Barbaro, who had to be euthanized, to see his will,” Grimsley said. “I’m a different person for knowing this horse.” Soaping Panimetro up and hosing him down Thursday in preparation for 4 p.m. shipment, VICCTRE volunteer Bohdania Potter agreed. She took special care around a bulb of scar tissue that developed on the horse’s left front ankle, where he had sustained four major fractures. “When I first came here, he was in horrible condition. It was tearjerking to see how bad he really was,” Potter said. “He had his own urge to survive.” To date, 28 horses have been rescued, rehabilitated or adopted through VICCTRE since its inception in 2004, Grimsley said. The four horses shipped Thursday will spend two weeks quarantined at Hacienda Allegra in Puerto Rico. Eventually, they will be sent to Florida and paired with a Marion County Correctional Facility inmate for natural-horsemanship training. (Note: They were adopted by other people in the southeast USA instead via Habitat for Horses with Chris Dunn’s commendable efforts). Other VICCTRE horses have been adopted, either on-island or on the U.S. mainland, or placed in therapeutic riding programs for the physically or mentally disabled, Grimsley said. Contact Lynn Freehill at 774-8772 ext. 311 or e-mail lfreehill@dailynews.vi MyEquusBlog – Treating a Strange Injury of Panimetro My Adopted Ex-Racehorse Metro Aug 2008 I’ve been nursing my adopted injured ex-racehorse, Panimetro (barn name is Metro), for the past 2 weeks in this 95+ degree weather and severe thunderstorms. He pulled a tendon on his bad left leg where he had broken fetlock in 4 places. The vet thinks tenosynovitis of his SFDT or suspensory, possibly from standing in wet sandy-mud that was like a quicksand from all the rain we’ve had, and twisted it trying to get it out. This happened on Tuesday. Jerry fed the horses their breakfast and Metro walked into his stall OK, but by mid-morning he was standing out in his paddock in the hot sun and wouldn’t move. We tried to move him and he acted like he would fall over. His leg had swollen all the way up to his elbow with a very painful reaction to touch and it even hurt to touch his shoulder. So, we stood out in the full sun in his paddock hosing him off for almost 2 hours until the vet came. She gave him a pain shot (we had just given him a shot of Banamine) and we all dragged/pushed him into his stall. She made up a mixture of Nitrofurazone/DMSO/Dex ointment, slathered his leg with it and wrapped in cling wrap, then put a pillow wrap with standing wrap on and put him on stall rest. She gave me Ditrim antibiotics (10 pills, 2 times a day), bottle of Banamine (10mg orally in morning), Bute (2 at night), and oral Trichlor-Dex medicine (at night) to give him. I melted it all in water, mixed it with white Karo syrup and his Tahitian Noni Flex that he already gets twice a day every day. Luckily he ate it in his feed so I didn’t have to mix and squirt in his mouth. All during the time from when we got him back into his stall and started on the meds, he was in good spirits, eyes were lively and he had a good appetite. He was able to get around his stall and would drag his leg. He did lie down to sleep in his stall Tuesday night, as we saw signs of shavings on his body. Jason also sneaked out at midnight and saw him sleeping with his back foot cocked and his weight on both front legs. We did a re-wrap of leg at noon the next day, Wednesday, but his leg had swollen from his knee up to his elbow three times its size with cellulites at knee and fetlock, plus he had gotten a swollen lymph node under his chest. So the vet came back out again in the evening to look at it. She had me walk him and he was able to walk with minimal limping. We unwrapped it and hosed it with cold water for 20 minutes. She prescribed walking him four times a day for 10 minutes each. At noon, unwrap it and hose for 20 minutes with cool water and re-wrap it and spread with the Nitrofurazone/DMSO/Dex combo on the whole leg. Jerry also made the paddock attached to his stall small so he could go outside to poop and walk, but we had to stand with him so he wouldn’t run or rear and play as he was feeling much better. Thursday morning, he lay down in his stall and rolled to scratch his back. His leg had gone down in size by 2/3rds by then. By Friday, the swelling was almost completely gone above the knee. As soon as I opened the paddock so he could go out while I watched him, he immediately lay down and rolled on both sides. By this time, he wasn’t trying to run or rear and play in the paddock so we could let him outside in his paddock on his own and left it open Friday night. See http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/21/myequusblog-panimetro-thoroughbred-racehorses-beat-the-odds-retire-to-florida/ for a reprint of the story of Panimetro when he first came to me. Below is a gallery of images going from the 1st day, June 10-16 2009, showing how it was so swollen on the 1st day, then even more swollen on the 2nd day, but as soon as I started hand-walking him 4 times a day and hosing it with cold water and putting the Nitrofurazone/DMSO/Dex ointment on the whole leg, the swelling kept going down until it’s almost normal again, at least for his leg, which isn’t really normal anyway for a horse that broke their fetlock in 4 places… Click on an image for a larger view. Click the back button to return to the Blog.
During the interim: We had another horrible thunderstorm with hail and all last Saturday, so we had to lock Metro back in his stall. Rocki had access to her paddock from her stall and the hail scared her so much, she was standing in her attached paddock in the rain when Jerry got home from a car show the university had. By the way, Jerry had just bought a nice big Yamaha motor scooter (with carry places for small groceries) to ride to work and to the boat to save on gas. Since it hadn’t rained for the last 3 days in the week, he figured he would do a test ride downtown to a car show at the he needed to attend as a professor. There were huge thunderstorms downtown (northeast) and they were also coming in from the west to merge. He stopped and bought a good motorcycle rain jacket with padded safety sleeves (he had already gotten a helmet). He was fine until he got almost to the road to turn on to get to our place when the hail and sideways mini ‘tornadic’ rains hit. He had to pull over as did all of the cars behind him until that passed. He finally made it home by 4:15pm and was going to be here at 2pm. This is when he saw Rocki outside in the rain as he is parking his scooter at the barn, so he locked her inside her stall.
I ran out to the barn jumping all the way so I wouldn’t get hit by lightning and helped wipe her down and find the towels for him. What was scariest was that I couldn’t reach him on the phone since he was on the scooter, so we were incommunicado for over an hour. My neighbors were gone too and didn’t think it was going to rain that day as it had been dry all week, so they left their horses out with no way to get inside. Jason and I went over and brought them in before the storm hit. Just an hour before that I had been in the pool swimming and cooling off from taking care of Metro in the oppressive heat and then going to my neighbors while wet to pick blackberries. Whew! What a day! What a week! I was faced with the possibility that if Metro didn’t walk, he could founder and would have to be put down. His leg is still slightly swollen just below the knee on the inside and there is heat at that spot, so he still has healing to do yet before he gets to go back out in the pasture, plus I will have to hand walk him to keep him from getting bored and let him graze. His paddock is back open for him now as it has dried up enough, but we see more storms coming this week. The weather we’ve been having for going on 8 weeks now has really messed up both mile long dirt roads to our place. We are in a private association so the county won’t help us fix the road – it’s up to us home owners to do. The roads have been impassable without a 4-wheel or all-wheel drive vehicle (of which we have 2). Our neighbor’s truck isn’t 4-wheel drive and neither is their car, so they just bought a 4-wheel drive jeep/truck to get in and out. The road keeps washing out almost every day after the heavy rains, and the guys who manage the road for us keep fixing it so we can get in and out. The first week or 2 was pretty bad, until they got some association dues paid to help with the grading and extra dirt. Much fun, there ;P Read more about Metro at:
EXERPT: The Vid gains first stakes winner
Multiple Grade 2 winner The Vid earned his first stakes winner on Thursday when Panimetro won the $66,600 Copa 4 de Julio at El Comandante in Puerto Rico. Out of the stakes-winning Take the Floor mare Floor Me, Panimetro won the 1 1/8-mile race by one length on a good track in 1:53.50.
Panimetro is one of 15 starters from the second crop of The Vid, who has 67 foals of racing age. His progeny have earned $361,035. Dr. and Mrs. James Gamble bred Panimetro in Florida. He has won four of 16 career starts in two seasons and has earned $72,009 for owner Establo Madoca. Joseph J. Sullivan bred and campaigned The Vid, who won 14 of 40 career starts in five seasons, including the 1995 Dixie Stakes (G2) and back-to-back wins in the Canadian Turf Handicap (G2) in ’95 and ’96. The son of World Appeal earned $952,216. The Vid died at Irish Acres Farm near Ocala in June 2000 at the age of ten. More: Panimetro (g. by The Vid). 14 wins, 2 to 6, $297,800, Copa 4 de Julio, Clasico Dia delos Padres, Clasico Campeon Importado, 2nd Clasico Jose de Diego, Clasico Jose Celso Barbosa, 3rd Clasico Jose de Diego, Clasico Jose Celso Barbosa, Clasico Juan Ponce de Leon, Clasico Verset’s Jet twice, etc.,
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…and more… after the 4th page in Google, I stopped for now. Wow! I hadn’t checked on him to see how many places he is mentioned! There are 13 pages in Google that have the word Panimetro mentioned. More pictures at: http://www.equestrianlife.com/viewGallery.php?horseid=15217&imgID=16133 and another article on our old website design articles section http://www.northfloridahorserescue.com/Articles/EquineProtection/HfH/thoroughbred-racehorses-retire-to-florida.asp (this has been reposted to my blog at http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/21/myequusblog-panimetro-thoroughbred-racehorses-beat-the-odds-retire-to-florida/
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