Glad you chimed in, Sue--I figured you'd have the straight skinny on
fillies and mares supposedly being required to be Casslicked to race, and just
couldn't imagine that that was the case.
I know that it is "tradition" that fillies run better if sutured--but are
there any controlled studies that would indicate that this is actually
true? I've always found it hard to believe, but have sure never done a
literature search on it...
Heidi
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Original Message -------- Subject: [SPAM] RE: [RC]
Caslicks From: snance2002@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, December 11, 2006
9:13 pm To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Caslicks is not required at any track. It is down
because the mare will run better if they are not sucking
wind. We did it on almost all of the fillies that we
ran. Vet uses a little lidocaine, opens the tissue
and
sews closed. We have used super glue
temporary, as well as duct. Yet another use for the wonder
tape.
The procedure only closes the upper portion of the
vulva aprox1-2 inches. It is opened at the time of
breeding and re sewn after conception. We
generally reopen aprox
