A cooperative effort between Del Mar and Santa Anita to use high-level diagnostic equipment based at Santa Anita has been credited by veterinarians with catching potential small problems before they become big ones during a summer season in which Del Mar has continued its strong safety record of recent years. Del Mar has subsidized the transportation to Santa Anita of horses to use three highly advanced diagnostic services – nuclear scintigraphy, position emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) – provided by the Southern California Equine Foundation. “This summer it has been particularly successful in getting horses efficiently back and forth and this service often is the deal-maker in obtaining a definitive diagnosis,” said Dr. Joe Dowd, a local racetrack veterinarian who is also the president of the SCEF. :: Play Del Mar with DRF! Visit our Del Mar shop for DRF PPs, Picks, Betting Strategies, and Clocker Reports He said Josh Rubinstein, president and chief operating officer of Del Mar, and Tom Robbins, the track’s executive vice president of racing and industry relations, were instrumental in setting everything up this summer. “Sometimes seemingly small contributions can have a big impact,” Dowd said. “The shuttling services Del Mar has provided solved the issue of convenient access to advanced diagnostic imaging.”