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Dr. Nathaniel White, professor of surgery and associate director of the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, said the center’s horBe ambulance, that attends every Virginia steeplechase race, has a Kimzey splint.

“Basically, the design is best for catastrophic injury to the lower limb, particularly tendon and fetlock injuries,” he said. Those are the most common racehorse stress injuries, he added. “The splint can be used on the front or back limb, though an injury of that •type to the back leg is fairly rare.” Horses carry up to 80 percent of their weight on the fore limbs, especially

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