Del Mar, California – Breeders’ Cup Limited will again partner with the Kildare-based Equine MediRecord (EMR), who will provide their equine welfare compliance software platform for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 1st & 2nd at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California, it was announced today. EMR sells and maintains a software platform that allows for the full veterinary history of each racehorse to be recorded securely, ensuring the best possible horse welfare and aiding with crucial anti-doping procedures. The new system EMR has developed for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar will automatically inform trainers from across the world of the safety and integrity regulations, including those introduced by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), that need to be followed, along with the required documents to be submitted through the system to allow horses to run in the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar. The Breeders’ Cup has long been a leader in creating and adopting world-class regulations to ensure the welfare and safety of the human and equine athletes competing at its event.
The Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar joins an impressive list of EMR clients, including 1S/T Racing, the British Horseracing Authority, the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, Racing Victoria, and the Arabian Racing Organization. EMR first provided their system to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2020. EMR has developed a new system to help connections comply with this year’s rules and regulations pertaining to equine welfare and anti-doping protocols. In 2022, EMR received a multi-million-dollar investment from Merit Holdings, who own Business Infusions, the largest equine veterinary software group in the world. EMR has now also joined the Business Infusions group.
EMR already boasts a number of endorsements from key stakeholders in the United States, including the Executive Director of the California Horse Racing Board, Scott Chaney; 1S/T Racing Chief Veterinarian Dr. Dionne Benson; and Dr. William Farmer, co-leader of the Breeders’ Cup Veterinary Team and Equine Medical Director for Churchill Downs.
Equine MediRecord CEO Pierce Dargan said: “It is a privilege to work with the Breeders’ Cup again for this year’s running of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in Del Mar. We believe our Equine MediRecord system has a role to play in the movement to help ensure that our children will be able to enjoy horse racing the way we have for generations – to be a part of that work is an honor and highly rewarding.”
With the sport and its integrity in the spotlight, the Irish innovation is sure to be adopted by more top racing organizations who are looking to ensure the best possible welfare and anti-doping practices for the horses in their care.
For more information about Equine MediRecord, visit: www.equinemedirecord.com
About Equine MediRecord
Equine MediRecord (EMR) develops, sells, and maintains the first software platform to be approved to replace the paper regulatory documentation that is required to be kept by horse yards to ensure equine welfare & anti-doping regulations are followed. The EMR platform has been approved by the relevant government departments and currently operates in Ireland, U.K., France, Saudi Arabia, and the USA. EMR has amassed clients such as the Arabian Racing Organisation, Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA), Thoroughbred Owners of California, Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Maryland 5 Star, Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, and 1S/T RACING for American Classic Preakness Stakes and Pegasus World Cup. EMR is owned by Business Infusions, a company that delivers best-in-class veterinary practice management software technology solutions to veterinarians, practice managers, and hospital administrators around the globe. Software solutions under Business Infusions include Hospital & Veterinary Management System (HVMS), Cassadol, and Equine MediRecord (EMR). The vision of Business Infusions is to be the go-to software partner for equine veterinarians, equine trainers, and regulators around the world by connecting information and improving workflow. To learn more about Business Infusions and its products, visit: businessinfusions.com. To learn more about EMR, visit: equinemedirecord.com.
About Breeders’ Cup
Breeders’ Cup Limited administers the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing’s year-end Championships, as well as the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In, which provides automatic starting positions into the Championships races through an 82-race series hosted by 12 countries, and the U.S.-based Dirt Dozen Bonus Series. The Breeders’ Cup operates under the national, uniform rules and regulations of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and its Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU).
The 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, featuring 14 Grade 1 Championship races run during a two-day festival worth more than $34 million in purses and awards, will be held Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar in Del Mar, California. The 2025 World Championships will also be held at Del Mar on Oct. 31-Nov. 1. The Championships will be televised live by NBC Sports. Press releases appear on the Breeders’ Cup website, BreedersCup.com. You can also follow the Breeders’ Cup on social media.
Press Contact
Pierce Dargan
Equine MediRecord
Chief Executive Officer
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