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In 2020, the Southern California Equine Foundation and its research arm, the Dolly Green Research Foundation, funded the development of the world's first standing PET scanner. Standing PET showed potential to allow the detection of specific pre-existing injuries which hitherto escaped recognition by either clinical exam or diagnostic technique. That investment has proved invaluable to the safety of California racing.  Standing PET technology is now deployed in racing venues ranging from Australia to Europe. The Board of Directors of the SCEF/DGRF is composed of industry representatives, veterinarians and trainers. From...

Straight No Chaser (h, 5, Speightster--Margarita Friday, by Johannesburg), unraced since posting a powerhouse, front-running victory in the GIII Maryland Sprint S. on last spring's GI Preakness S. undercard, is on the comeback trail for trainer Dan Blacker. After stopping the clock for six furlongs in a razor sharp 1:08.27 and earning a career-best 107 Beyer Speed Figure in that 7 1/2-length decision at Pimlico, an undisclosed party agreed to purchase a minority interest in the MyRacehorse colorbearer. The deal, however, was called off after a positron emission tomography (PET)...