Animal Health Foundation 25th Anniversary Fundraiser Laminitis Conference, Auction and Dinner Party
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
Holiday Inn Six Flags * St. Louis, MO
The Animal Health Foundation celebrated 25 years funding of equine laminitis research with an all-day Equine Laminitis Conference and a dinner-auction fundraiser party that evening.
For many more pictures of the event and faces in the crowd, please see our event picture page.
Event Programs
Conference Program.
Speaker's Bios.
Dinner/Auction Program.
Event Pictures
The events were held at the Holiday Inn Six Flags. The facility is interesting in its own right. The original structure, a two story L-shaped barn built early in the 19th century with large timbers and handcrafted limestone walls up to 36 inches thick, still stands today, and serves as the center of the complex. In 1834, a St. Louis veterinarian converted the barn into an up-to-date “horse hospital,” boarding stables, and a horse stock farm which bred many fine race horses. The history of this site makes for an excellent location for an equine-focused event.
For additional hotel information, go to: www.stlouissixflags.holiday-inn.com
Laminitis Conference featuring the following
world-renown speakers:
Chris Pollitt, BVSc, PhD
Phil Johnson, BVSc, PhD
Amy Rucker, DVM
Samantha Brooks, PhD
Kathryn Watts, B.S.
Researchers currently funded by AHF presented the latest knowledge in the field of equine laminitis. Conference speakers included Drs. Chris Pollitt, University of Queensland; Phil Johnson, University of Missouri; Samantha Brooks, Cornell University; Amy Rucker, private practitioner; and Kathryn Watts, Forage specialist. To read more about our speakers' credentials, click here...
Horse owners as well as veterinarians and farriers attended the conference which offered 7.5 hours continuing education credit to veterinarians. Please see the Conference Program for further information on topics that were presented. Lunch was provided and included the showing of a film by the Australian Brumby Research Unit, “Learning from Wild Horses”. A Speakers’ Reception also followed the close of the conference.
All proceeds from the conference will fund equine laminitis research, just as funds from all past endeavors of the non-profit organization have been used - to Free the Horse from Laminitis.
Dinner Auction Fundraiser Party
A dinner party and silent & live auctions were held in the evening, and much fun was had by all. The evening event featured dinner, entertainment and horse and farm-oriented auction items as well as artwork, jewelry, trips, tickets and other enticing gift ideas. Guests were also invited to the Speakers’ Reception before the party.
For a complete list of auction items (except for the late arrivals), have a look at the Dinner/Auction Program.
We want to thank our donors, sponsors, and all who attend for helping us raise money to help free the horse of laminitis.
The foundations’ fundraisers, horse shows and other events have always been activities for horses. AHF is a volunteer organization and all proceeds of all events are used to fund equine laminitis research. The Animal Health Foundation’s goal is to Free the horse from laminitis.
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Donors receive a special edition print of Secretariat, who was humanely destroyed to release him from suffering of Laminitis.