Equine veterinarians representing the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) On Call program will assist NBC Sports with horse health information during the Nov. 2-3 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, Calif. Equine surgeons Larry Bramlage, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, and Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, DSc, FRCVS, Dipl. ACVS, will be available to provide timely health reports to the media and viewing audience regarding the athletes in each race.

Bramlage is a partner at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. He is a past president of the AAEP and a past chairman of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation’s Research Committee. He is a recipient of The Jockey Club Gold Medal.

McIlwraith, who also is an AAEP past president, is a Colorado State University professor in Clinical Sciences, holder of the Barbara Cox Anthony Endowed Chair, and director of the Orthopedic Research Center

Both Bramlage and McIlwraith are board certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons