HOT FAVOURITE AT THE SANTA ANITA RACETRACK

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31381, 29 May 1967, Page 11

HOT FAVOURITE AT THE SANTA ANITA RACETRACK

watching the Finns take a sauna bath at the Winter Olympics at Squaw gu Valley, Clifford Lange and Coles Barber “ came up with the idea of adapting it for J* horses. Already, the Horsauna, costing J* $lO,OOO, has been used by New Zealand JJj horses in the United States. £ mi m so: ye s ye I Bi ho wi ca to

Mr Hoy McKenzie says: "Highland Countess had’suffered soreness after falling on the track. She received treatment in the Horsauna once a day for three or four days." The Horsauna concept is spreading. There is one in operation at Anaheim. California, and others are coming into use in several parts at the country. Without doubt, the horse bath can provide great bene-

fit tn relieving aches and pains due to minor injuries on the racetrack, Do the horses like dry heat? They love it. One horse, after being led into the stall tor his first treatment. out his head through the cloth curtain and promptly fell asleep. Although it took time tor the Horsauna to catch on in the racing world, today it is a Very busy activity, not only with flat racers but

ith harness norses and mpers. "We had tremendous reJts with the harness horri," says Bill Johnston, dictor of Sportsman’s Park ; Hawthorne. "The drivers Mild give them a treatent, then take them right the races. The results ere unbelievable. There ere all sorts of winners. "The thermo-therapy is vine the horses more rogation. loosening their uscles and making them ore spry. Galley Chief, a mewhat -rheumatic four-!ar-old, came out after 25 ihutes and actually SQueaiI and jumped like a- two-:ar-old." Says trainer Jack Van erg; “I've taken some <rses to the sauna, baths ho were very stiff. They me out bouncing and went work better than ever.**