Paynter Watch: Top Thoroughbred Colt Diagnosed with Post-Colitis Laminitis in New York

Paynter in his stall at a vet hospital near Saratoga. (Zayat Twitter photo)


You could hear a collective moan rise from the world of Thoroughbred racing today.



Paynter has laminitis.



For the past month, the racing press has been reporting on the condition of top three-year-old colt Paynter, trained by California's Bob Baffert. Paynter is owned by Zayat Racing Stable.



After winning the

AVMA: Horseshoeing Is No Longer an Excluded Profession in the New Model Veterinary Practice Act (But Farriery Is)

What's in a name?

If you are a non-veterinarian who goes by any number of job titles to define your work with horses' hooves, you might start to wonder.

Perhaps you thought you were practicing blacksmithing, plating, hoof care, trimming, horseshoeing or  podiatry. While those job titles seem to evoke a definitive impression of what the person does for a job, the more archaic and woefully