Retired Racehorses Thrive With Proper Care and Retraining Tips for Creating a Healthy Environment for Your Thoroughbred

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) October 12, 2007

Racehorse rescues and retirement programs have successfully placed thousands of retired Thoroughbred racehorses into new homes. Ensuring that the new owners successfully transition and retrain their Thoroughbreds is one of the primary missions of Wood End Farms (http://www.woodendfarms.org), a 501(c) 3 charity located north of Chicago that’s devoted to the care, retraining and rehabilitation of retired racehorses. The care a Thoroughbred horse receives can play an instrumental role in the success of a horse’s transition into its new job as an eventer, a trail horse, or a dressage star.

“Racehorses in training are accustomed to an environment that is very different from that in most show and pleasure barns,” says Nicola Birch, the founder and director of Wood End. “They’re accustomed to a strict routine, are confined for most of their days, are working hard, and they’re fed a rich diet. Taking a horse straight from the track and putting him in a pasture can cause a variety of behavioral and health problems that can surprise well-intentioned new owners.”

Birch notes that Wood End has developed a variety of best practices for Thoroughbred care that that support ex-racehorses as they transition from the track and start their retraining. Key pointers Birch offers include these:

Establish a routine and follow it. Horses crave routine. At Wood End, horses rotate between spending time in turn-out and in their stalls. This provides both variety and routine, and the horses benefit from being handled several times a day.
High-quality feed is a must. Though retired racehorses will need less protein than those in training, good nutrition plays a vital role in developing strong, healthy hooves, and helping the animals’ bodies recover from the rigor of racing. Pasture and new feeds should be introduced gradually to prevent the horse’s digestive system from being upset.
Racehorses are used to activity. Barns that have open-front stalls, windows and wide aisles are comforting to busy, active Thoroughbreds. A bored or isolated horse will be stressed and can develop bad habits such as cribbing or weaving in the stall.
Understand that the training a racehorse receives is far different than for riding horses. Stark differences include the fact that crossties are not used at the racetrack, for example, and riders mount while the animal is walking. A retired racehorse will need to be schooled in the basics, and will need to unlearn some behaviors.
Give your new ex-racer a job. Thoroughbreds are eager to please and thrive when working. During the transition phase, while you’re letting your horse down from the track, groundwork can be an invaluable tool to keep your horse busy and start his learning process.

About Wood End Farms

Founded in 2004, Wood End Farms specializes in the care and training of Thoroughbred ex-racehorses. The organization’s mission is to promote Thoroughbreds’ suitability for pleasure and performance disciplines, and to support Thoroughbred owners by providing expert education and resources.

Retired Racehorses Thrive With Proper Care and Retraining Tips for Creating a Healthy Environment for Your Thoroughbred

Joseph Federico Speaks on Proper Electrical Testing at the DMSMS and Standardization Conference 2011

Clifton, NJ (PRWEB) September 23, 2011

Joseph Federico Vice President and director of operations of NJ Micro Electronic Test Labs spoke about proper testing for counterfeit electronics at the DMSMS conference recently concluded in Hollywood, Florida.

As exhibitors, we were proud to present our Mission: Imposter Counterfeit Component Test Program as well as to present a lecture on the proper electrical testing protocols that should be used in testing components for their full functional and parametric performance. These tests are invaluable in helping to detect counterfeit components, said Joseph Federico.

Joseph Federicos lecture was entitled Proper Electrical Testing to Detect Counterfeit Components. Its scope was to educate members of the electronics industry about the risks associated with performing only basic contact testing with simple counterfeit detectors as opposed to the preferred functional and parametric exercises required to properly test these suspect electronic components.

The objective of the conference was to focus on significantly improved DMSMS and Standardization policies, procedures, guidance, and automated tools that optimize Warfighter materiel readiness, and includes activities required to attain this goal such as Value Engineering, Product Support and Total Life Cycle Management, Parts Management, and mitigating the Counterfeiting epidemic on parts, material, and materiel. To meet this objective our approaches to managing the ever-present obsolescence problem must be examined. See the DMSMS website for a more details.

As an introductory message from the conference chair, director of the DMSMS Gregory E. Saunders outlined the importance of the conference objective by emphasizing that the strategic goals of the Department of Defense (DoD) objective was to include increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of developing, producing, testing and sustaining systems so that required warfighter capabilities are available.

He further went on to explain that the conference agenda would provide insight into the current best practices in DMSMS, Standardization, Parts Management, Value Engineering, Counterfeit Detection and Reporting, Total Life Cycle Management, and several other DMSMS and Standardization processes and initiatives.

The team at NJ Micro Electronic Testing participated in the Counterfeit Parts Control Plan Implementations, the DMSMS Tools and Services Program, as well as technical sessions and panels which included Institutionalizing Standard Practices, Defense Initiatives and their impact to DMSMS, Counterfeit Mitigation Strategies and Counterfeit Reporting.

One of the key sessions which we felt was an asset to this conference was the Counterfeit Reporting Workshop which excellently illustrated some of the main differences between the various reporting tools, said Joseph Federico. It also discussed processes and systems which increase the sharing of information enabling early detection and prevention of counterfeiting at all levels of the DoD supply chain.

In our opinion this conference was one of the best opportunities for exchanging information between the audience and presenters, Joseph Federico added.

On a different note, there was a major concern on behalf of the US Department of Defense on the potential cutback of electrical testing of electronic components.

The Military and Aerospace industry attendees and exhibitors had major concerns about the limited testing performed by a curve/contact tester versus the preferred DC, AC functional and parametric testing over the device temperature in uncovering counterfeit product said Joseph Federico of NJ Micro Electronic Testing.

This is the primary reason why we held the lecture on proper electrical testing; to emphasize the importance of performing proper DC, AC functional and parametric testing. Electrical testing provides a more thorough exercise in testing electronic component products to illustrate their accuracy and authenticity, said Joseph Federico.

All of the workshops were extremely helpful in moving forward on improving organizational structures and improving DMSMS strategies for the future, Joseph Federico concluded.

Clifton, New Jersey based NJ Micro Electronic Testing provides a wide and diversified range of laboratory test and management services. NJ Micro Electronic Testing is equipped and staffed to be a single source provider for all testing needs.

For more information about testing electronic components, see Joseph Federico’s blog at: http://josephfedericonj.wordpress.com/.

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Joseph Federico Speaks on Proper Electrical Testing at the DMSMS and Standardization Conference 2011

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