Hagyard Equine is Breeders' Cup Partner
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The Breeders' Cup announced that Hagyard Equine Medical Institute is an official partner of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in the equine first response unit category.
The 32nd Breeders' Cup, consisting of 13 grade I races and $26 million in purses and awards, will be held Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland in Lexington.
As part of the agreement, Hagyard will provide and administer the equine trauma unit ambulance on-site during Breeders' Cup morning workouts Monday, Oct. 26-Saturday, Oct. 31, and will provide the ambulance and equine trauma unit Thursday, Oct. 29 and both Breeders' Cup World Championship days. Hagyard will also administer all blood sampling and temperature readings of all international World Championships participants.
In addition, Hagyard will be the name-in-title of the shuttle service that will provide transportation from the Breeders' Cup stable area on Rice Road to the front side racetrack locations of the Keeneland racing office and Breeders' Cup Trackside Breakfast Marquee.
"Hagyard has established a prominent position in our industry as a leader and innovator in equine first response," Craig Fravel, Breeders' Cup president and CEO, said in a release. "We greatly value the safety and security protocols established for this year's championships and are pleased that Hagyard has joined us in those initiatives."
"The doctors and staff at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute are proud to be a corporate partner at the 2015 Breeders Cup World Championships," said Dr. Stuart E. Brown II, a partner at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. "With our rich history in the Lexington community, we are equally pleased to play such a tangible role at the Keeneland Race Course in helping to assure the health and safety of all our equine athletes and the needs of the horsemen who care for them."