Time schedule

11th Sept. arrival of participants (evening)
12th Sept
       morning arrival of participants
       for participants arriving on 11th Sept. Bird watching at Lake Neusiedl National Park
      13:00 Scientific sessions start (see below) 
      evening: Workshop dinner (by invitation of the organisers)
13th Sept: Scientific session
14th Sept: Tour to Babolna National Stud and Diospuszta Thoroughbred Stud, Hungary
      Flights departing from Vienna International Airport 20:00 or later can be reached.  

Scientific programme

Saturday, 12th September
12:00              Sandwich lunch 
13:00-13:15    Welcome (Christine Aurich)
13:15-14:00    Physical responses of young horses to training (Brian Nielsen)
14:00-14:45    Effects of training on bone development – windows of opportunity
                        (Rene van Weeren)
14:45-15:30   Coffee break
15:30-16:15    Accidents in young horses in racing and training – incidence and predisposing
                        factors (Rebecca Moncey)
16:15-17:00    Three free communications
17:00-17:45    Poster tour and discussion
18:30              Drinks
19:00              Dinner

Sunday 13th September
9:00-9:45        Training young horses – behavior and welfare (Gemma Pearson)
9:45-10:30      Behavioral responses of young Thoroughbreds to training (Katharina Kirsch)
10:30-11:00    Coffee break
11:00-11:45    Stress response and mental maturity in young horses (Christine Aurich)
11:45-12:30    Providing a positive experience: The challenges of introducing young horses to
                        competition (Andrew McLean)
12:30-14:00    Lunch
14:00-14:45    Temperament and performance in trotter racehorses (Paulina Berglund)
14:45-15:30    Prospects of an equine health database and routine genome-wide SNP
                        genotyping (Kathrin F Stock)
15:30-16:00    Coffee break
16:00-16:45    Housing, behavior and training (Janne Christensen)
16:45-18:00    Open discussion: Training and welfare of young horses – questions, problems and
                        solutions across disciplines (Fred Barrelet and Christine Aurich)
19:00               Dinner 

Stud Farm Tour 14 September
8:00                 leave Birkenhof at Gols
10:00               arrive Diospuszta National Thoroughbred  Stud
                        Refreshments
10:30-12:30     Horse presentation and stud visit at Diospuszta
12:30               leave Diospuszta
13:00               arrive Babolna National Arab Stud
                        Lunch at Babolna Stud
14:30-16:30    Horse presentation and stud visit at Babolna
16:30               leave Babolna
18:00               arrive Birkenhof at Gols
Flights departing from Vienna International Airport 20:00 or later can be reached.

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