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Personal Injury Lawyers in Los Angeles, Personal Injury Attorney

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:11:33 GMT

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O'Connor Horse Tigger Too Dies at Jersey Event

Mon, 12 May 2008 01:16:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yet another good horse dies in competition.

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O'Connor Horse Tigger Too Dies at Jersey Event

by: Kimberly S. Brown, Editor
May 11 2008, Article # 11850

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The U.S. Eventing Association released the following official statement regarding Lauren Kieffer and her mount Tigger Too following the death of the David O'Connor horse on May 10 during the Jersey Fresh CCI3* at the New Jersey Horse Park in Allentown, N.J.

"The organizing committee of the Jersey Fresh CCI3* regrets to announce the death of David O'Connor's horse, Tigger Too, ridden by Lauren Kieffer, at Fence 28 on the cross-country course today. Lauren was uninjured in the fall.

"The FEI investigative panel has been convened to review the facts surrounding the incident, and more information will be released once the investigation is through.

"Our thoughts and prayers remain with the O'Connor and the Kieffer families after the loss of this wonderful horse."

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Eight Belles

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:42:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What can be done to prevent catastrophic breakdowns?

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Eight Belles' Injury Raises Questions About Racing Industry

by: The Associated Press
May 05 2008, Article # 11807

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A day after Big Brown blazed across the finish line, the snapshot of Eight Belles down on the dirt set off a raging debate that extended far beyond the Kentucky Derby: Is horse racing now facing an image crisis?

With the memory of Barbaro still fresh, Eight Belles' catastrophic injury Saturday put increasing focus on a sport already trying to overcome a decline in popularity.

Her death has raised thorny issues about the whole Thoroughbred industry, including track safety, whether fillies should be allowed to run against colts, and whether horses are bred too much for speed and not for soundness.

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Pompoms, Pyramids and Peril

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:03:28 GMT

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Pompoms, Pyramids and Peril

Emergency room visits for cheerleading injuries nationwide have more than doubled since the early 1990s, and the rate of life-threatening injuries has startled researchers. Of 104 catastrophic injuries sustained by female high school and college athletes from 1982 to 2005 — head and spinal trauma that occasionally led to death — more than half resulted from cheerleading, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research. All sports combined did not surpass cheerleading.

Although the number of cheerleaders nationwide has grown an estimated 18 percent since 1990, researchers did not examine injury rates until recently.

There were 22,900 cheerleading-related injuries treated in emergency rooms in 2002, up from 10,900 in 1990, according to the Columbus study. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, meanwhile, reported there were nearly six times as many emergency room visits for cheerleaders in 2004 than in 1980.

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