Ben Cecil – California Thoroughbred Trainers

CTT ALERT (12/17/22, 9:30 AM): VACCINATE NOW! Per CHRB Equine Medical Director Dr. Blea, HISA has stated that the Authority's vaccination requirements set forth in Rule 2143(2) and (3), and verification of a negative Equine Infectious Anemia (Coggins) Test within the last 365 days, will be effective January 1, 2023. It is part of the HISA safety program that went into effect this past July.

CTT ALERT (12/16/22, 3:37 PM) - Remember: Vaccinate your horses NOW! All six Vaccs
and Coggins will be required for horses entered January 1 and thereafter.
Any questions, contact your vet or Dr. Blea.

CTT ALERT (12/11/22, 3:30 PM): Webinar re HISA Vaccinations, Coggins, and Health
Certificate requirements available at Horsemen's U (CE credit):
https://horsemenu.mclms.net/en/ (HISA: Vaccinations, Coggins and Health Certificates)
and/or YouTube version (no CE credit): https://youtu.be/oDf_RPRSeJ4

CTT ALERT (11/18/22, 2:26 PM): HISA deadline is January 1, 2023 for all horsemen to have the required vaccines and tests of their covered horses recorded on HISA portal. See link for important details:
https://tinyurl.com/mr263fzd

(10/25/22, 10:45 AM): The California Thoroughbred horse racing community has sadly lost one of its long-time, respected members. Trainer Howard Zucker
passed on October 20. A GoFundMe account has been set up, and if you would
like to donate, please see link: https://gofund.me/cad0dd02

Atten GGF Trainers (10/25/22, 6:04 AM): On Thurs, 10/27/2022, Dr. Spriet
of UC Davis will present results of the PET scanning being done at GGF.
"PET at the racetrack: lessons learned and future directions at GGF," will take place
at 10:45 a.m. in the Horsewizard Room, located to the right of the Clubhouse
entrance turnstiles upstairs. Asst. trainers and others are welcome to attend.
ATTENDANCE COUNTS AS ONE HOUR TOWARD YOUR CONTINUING ED CREDIT.

CTT ALERT (10/18/22, 11:03 AM): See message from CTHF Exec Director Cliff Goodrich seeking feedback re prospective programs for backstretch workers. No need to respond again if you have already done so:
https://tinyurl.com/3x69cmru

CTT ALERT (10/17/22, 8:55 AM): See link for important memo from CHRB Equine Medical Director Jeff Blea re Rule 1866.4 - Thyroxine Restriction: https://tinyurl.com/26smhwkd

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Ben Cecil was born in Oxford England and is the nephew of a “knighted” thoroughbred trainer. He came to the United States intending to return to England after training with Gary Jones for a year and a half but seeing the level of prize money in the U.S., decided to stay and build his storied career here.