Blood-Horse Publications, the parent company of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, garnered no less than 14 honors in the American Horse Publications annual awards program Saturday evening (June 18) in San Diego, Calif.

Sixty-nine American Horse Publications members were named finalists in the 2011 AHP Annual Awards Contest for material published in and dated 2010. Participation in this year’s contest represented a record-breaking 118 AHP members and 839 entries, an increase of 57 over last year. Held since 1974, the AHP Annual Awards Contest provides members with an opportunity to be recognized for excellence in equine publishing as well as professional critiques for improvement.

The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care (magazine) received the following honors:

Horse Care – Circulation 20,000 and Over In this category, which had 19 entries, Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc; Nancy S. Loving, DVM; Heather Smith Thomas; and Christy West won first place with their stories in the "Body Systems Series," appearing in January and February 2010 (Muscles, Tendons, and Ligaments; The Equine Skeletal System; The Horse’s Digestive System; and Guided Tour: Horse Hoof Anatomy). Judges commented, "This is an exceptional series, with the writers taking each aspect of the old ‘Invisible Horse’ model we had as kids and making each segment readable and fascinating. Imagine taking the energy to inject some humor into what could have been a bone dry project