In Istanbul, the Jockey Club of Turkey runs a state-of-the-art hospital for hundreds of horses at Veliefendi Hipodromu, the country's oldest racetrack. Grooms and trainers there work with vets and nurses while owners wait anxiously, hoping their prize runners, often worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, will recover quickly and run faster than ever. Reuters photographer Murad Sezer visited the hospital several times a week over two months to capture the following scenes of admission, treatment, prescription, and surgery.
The Weird Logistics of Horse Surgery
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The head veterinary surgeon Hulya Hartoka (left) and the veterinary surgeon Dursun Dogan bandage the leg of a racehorse following keyhole surgery to remove bone fragments on April 6, 2015. #
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