tpvets_logo.jpg (2726 bytes)TOA PAYOH VETS
toapayohvets.com
   13 May, 2012
Blk 1002, Toa Payoh Lor 8, 01-1477, Singapore 319074
Tel: 6254-3326, 9668-6469
Focus: Small animals - dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits & turtles

Toa Payoh Vets Clinical Research
Horse Cases seen by Dr Sing

Singapore horse - impaction colic Singapore horse. Left fore tendinitis Warmblood feeling the Singapore's hot and humid noon time  
2002. The horse has constipation 2002. The horse has swollen tendons 2002. The horse pees with great difficulty  
       
Nipah Virus affecting horse racing in Singapore & Malaysia 2001. Never judge a book by its cover 2001. Racehorse in the drain - shoot him? 2001.  This mare bites its belly
       
2001. What makes a racehorse win races? The Chairman's pony had colic 2001. Urticarial lumps are itchy in any racehorse 2001.  This racehorse bites its tail
Dr Sing's research report on the Singapore/Malaysia horse racing industry during the years 1980 - 1990

What makes a racehorse club successful?
Written by: Dr Sing Kong Yuen
Date of report: Around 1990


Update: Jun 8, 2011. Some 20 years have flown by. Racing in Singapore is no longer the same as during the time Dr Sing was the Junior Veterinary Surgeon of the Singapore Turf Club from 1982 - 1989.

The business of racing in Singapore in the late 1980s is compared with other racing clubs. The Singapore Totalisator Board was formed in 1988 and appointed an agent, the Bukit Turf Club to take  over the racing and 4-D operations in 1988. It formed an interesting task force to reverse the decline in the racing industry. Visits were made to racing clubs in Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand. One of the members was Dr Sing Kong Yuen, the Junior Veterinary Surgeon of the Bukit Turf Club.   
 
A start-up racing magazine editor asked Dr Sing to contribute an article for his inaugural issue. Rather than writing about common veterinary conditions of racehorses, Dr Sing attempted to write a useful article for the benefit of the racehorses, the trainers and the jockeys. Information was obtained by analysing the racing performance reported in various annual racecourse publications from the clubs in the U.S, South Africa, Hong Kong and Australia. These reports were requested by and sent to Dr Sing in his personal capacity as a racehorse veterinarian doing research on veterinary viruses affecting racing and experienced by other clubs. 

Pages of the article have been scanned so as to share the historical data and information with racecourse operators in other parts of the world and to encourage the younger vets to add value to their employers and do the right thing, making a positive contribution and difference to their working environment
Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4
Page 5

Page 6

Page 7

Page 8
Page 9

Page 10

Page 11

Page 12
 
How the 12 pages of the magazine was researched and published by Dr Sing Kong Yuen in 1998-1999  
   
Dr Goh Keng Swee's few good mean and women - reversing the decline in horse racing - Part 1 Dr Goh Keng Swee's few good men and women - reversing the decline in horse racing - Part 2    
If your child is introverted, horse riding lessons at the Saddle Club may give him confidence. In 2008, the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre has been set up to make riding affordable to the public.

Riders Lodge in Johor has riding lessons and camps. 

Bukit Timah Saddle Club, Singapore has riding lessons for families

tpvets_logo.jpg (2726 bytes)Toa Payoh Vets Clinical Research
Horse Cases seen by Dr Sing
  Copyright © Asiahomes
All rights reserved. Revised: May 13, 2012
Toa Payoh Vets