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Palio Di Siena SIENACAVALLI Arbeitsgruppe Pferd Arbeitsgruppe Pferd SIENACAVALLI 2012 · Registration Form Experience an excitingly different !! Early registration date is April 15 !! Fax to: +49 2461 34 04 84 – or send by mail to: Dr Arno Lindner, Heinrich-Roettgen-Str. 20, D-52428 Jülich, Germany world of horse racing during the days before the world famous Last name: ________________________________________________________________________ First name: _________________________________________________________________________ Palio di Siena Institution/clinic: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Street & number: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SIENACAVALLI Zip Code: _________________ City: ___________________________________________________________________________ Country: ____________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________________________________________________________ Fax: _________________________________________________________________________________ E-mail: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I want to register for: (net prices in Euro, + 19 % VAT for persons located in Germany) Until After Amount Seminars: April 15 April 15 (Euro) Payment by: • Credit card: Mastercard Visa Amex June 27 About the Palio di Siena 170 1) 200 _______ June 28 Medical & orthopaedic management of racehorses 170 1) 200 _______ Card number: ___________________________________ June 29 Medical & orthopaedic management of racehorses & sport horses 210 1) 240 _______ June 30 Medical & orthopaedic management of sport horses 250 1) 280 _______ ___________________________________ July 1 What has happened, will happen & special wine tasting 160 * 190 _______ Card verification number: __________________________ All days (June 27 to July 1) 880 1) 1020 _______ Card expiration date: __________________________ Social events in the evenings: (for participants and their partners only) Signature: ___________________________________ June 27 to July 1, 2012, Siena, Italy June 27 Experience a Contrada # of persons _____ x 40 2) 50 _______ _____ 3) _______ June 28 Insights in the training # of persons x 90 105 • Bank transfer without charges for the beneficiary to the bank “Sparkasse Dueren” _______ Supported by Total within Germany: BLZ 39550110, Kontonr. 1200055059 The fees include: 1) lunch / 2) dinner, drinks and talks within a Contrada reunion / 3) transport, dinner, drinks and tour of a rider and horse training centre outside Germany: IBAN DE35395501101200055059 * Only for persons that have attended the seminars and BIC (swift code) SDUEDE33 Immerse yourself in the atmosphere surrounding the world famous and the days immediately prior to the race itself which takes place on the historic horse race which is the “Palio di Siena.” This is unlike any other second of July, and the seminars will be scheduled to allow our participants June 27 to July 1, 2012, Siena, Italy horse race! It is a challenging race for both riders and horses and it is to enjoy all the aspects of the build up to this fascinating contest. The day fiercely contested by the townships, or Contradas, of Siena. The Contradas of the race itself will be a free day to allow you to enjoy all the pageantry are aiming to win the banner, or Palio, after which the race is named. of the Palio di Siena uninterrupted. Experience the unique excitement of the build up to the race itself whilst at the same time participating in world class Continuing Professional Develop- SIENACAVALLI The academy for Continuing Education of Veterinary Surgeons (ATF) in Germany credits ment in equine veterinary science. The educational seminars will occur on each seminar on the days of June 27 to 30 with 4 hours of CPD. Program (see C.V. of speakers in www.agpferd.com) What you need to know June 27 • 9:45 to 15:00 hours: The Palio di Siena • 13:00 to 15:00 hours: Medical and orthopaedic management Who will take care of you … • Welcome by the Rettore del Magistrato delle contrade of sport horses. Philippe Benoit and Wayne McIlwraith and the Presidente del consorzio per la tutela del Palio Arno Lindner, Heinrich-Röttgen-Str. 20, D-52428 Jülich – Clinical evaluation of sport horses before between and after shows • What is it, how does it work? Mario Toti, Massimo Biliorsi Tel +49 --2461-340-430 · Fax +49 --2461-340-484 – Managing traumatic injuries of the femoropatellar and -tibial joints and Marco Manganelli [email protected] · www.agpferd.com – Managing subchondral bone cysts in the medial condyle of the • The security program for the Palio horses: femur a continuous and ongoing process. Gianluigi Giovagnoli • The role of the Palio horse treating vet: Marco Polettini Where … June 30 • 10:00 to 15:00 hours: Medical and orthopaedic management • From TRATTA to shoeing Palio horses: Marco Astrologo Enoteca: Fortezza Medicea, Piazza Libertà 1, I-53100 Siena, Italy of sport horses. Philippe Benoit and Wayne McIlwraith Tel +39 0577 228811 · www.enoteca-italiana.it • 20:30: Dinner at Contrada il Drago – Conventional and regenerative therapeutic modalities to manage joint injury, traumatic arthritis and osteoarthritis June 28 • 10:00 to 15:00 hours: Medical and orthopaedic management – Managing traumatic injuries of the femoropatellar and -tibial joints Information about Siena and the region (among others) of racehorses. David Dugdale and Thomas Weinberger – How do we treat horses within FEI rules? • www.terresiena.it • How we make the racehorse happy! – What type of musculoskeletal pathologies can the sport horse • www.aboutsiena.com – Preventative care of the young race horse: a check, not an live with upon the discipline he does? examination – Success rate of surgical procedures to return sport horses into – Detecting lameness and airway disease competition Accommodation (among many others) – Treatment of acute lameness and acute airway disease including – How long should the horses be allowed to recover after different • Hotel Chiusarelli (where the speakers are lodged) pulmonary haemorrhage surgical procedures before competition? Viale Curtatone 15, I-53100 Siena, Italy – Treatment of chronic lameness, allergies and gastric ulcers Tel +39 0577 280562 · www.chiusarelli.com • How we make the trainer happy! July 1 • 11:00 to 13:00 hours: What has happened, is happening and may • www.bookingsiena.it · [email protected] – Getting involved into the training and racetrack management happen in the race? Mario Toti, Marco Polettini, Gianluigi Giovagnoli, – Rhabdomyolysis. The revolutionary effect of dantrolene sodium Marco Astrologo – Medication of the racehorse preventing positive doping tests Most convenient airports • 13:00 to 15:00 hours: Taste special wines! • Florence: www.aeroporto.firenze.it • 16:30 to 24:00 hours: Visit racetrack and training yard for • Pisa: www.pisa-airport.com Palio riders and horses and dine out in the countryside! July 2 Morning: final Prova, blessing of the horses • Perugia: www.airport.umbria.it (served from London Stansted by Afternoon: parade in Piazza del Campo Ryanair for example). June 29 • 10:00 to 12:00 hours: Medical and orthopaedic management And at 19:30: of racehorses. David Dugdale and Thomas Weinberger The Race How we make the vet (us) happy: Financial aspects of our work.
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