Dr. Francisco Uzal has been coordinating the equine post-mortem program for the California Horse Racing Board for the past 20–plus years. He instructs veterinary pathologists on the specialized Thoroughbred racehorse postmortem examination establishing the standards for musculoskeletal and sudden death postmortem examinations. He has coauthored numerous papers in that role including several multicenter national studies and international research. He is a board-certified veterinary pathologist with special expertise in the diagnosis of diseases of horses and ruminants.