Thermal imaging leads to treatment that puts racehorse back to her winning ways
Eight-year-old mare Gap Princess was on a losing streak and trainers at the Thirsk yard where she was kept were baffled as to what could have caused it.
Gap Princess had a good record on local north east tracks and showed no signs of lameness or illness.
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Hide AdTo discover what was ailing the formerly high-spirited horse, Geoff Harker Racing, of Coxwold, near Thirsk, turned to a new diagnosis using thermal imaging technology.
James Brooks, whose family founded and own SOLO Ti, based in Darlington, said: “I was called to be told that Princess had stopped winning and looked sad.
“It wasn’t the usual kind of call we receive.”
But the camera detected that the front near fetlock was very warm, although there was no sign of swelling or lameness.
Princess was given treatment to alleviate the dryness causing heat in her fetlock and on her first race she was placed in a photo finish of four horses and she romped home to win her second race by a clear margin.
Mr Harker added: “We were amazed.
“It has helped us to get the horse back into training and winning ways.”