
Sunland Park Horsemen Urged to Keep Up Biosecurity Practices
New Mexico’s acting state veterinarian Alexandra Eckhoff, DVM, offered tips to horsemen at two Feb. 1 meetings.

New Mexico’s acting state veterinarian Alexandra Eckhoff, DVM, offered tips to horsemen at two Feb. 1 meetings.

The Brooke USA is helping horses working in a garbage dump and recycling center in San Martin, Mexico.
Carolyne Crowe, BVetMed, BSc, MRCVS, will present on how vets can cope more effectively with the pressures of practice.

The quarantine requires all horses at the track to remain and prevents new horses from arriving for at least 21 days.

Fasig-Tipton, through Blue Horse Charities, donated $50,000 towards the rebuilding of the structure lost in a barn fire.
The code includes standards for food and water requirements, husbandry practices, equine health, and more.
Speakers will discuss how horses learn and how that knowledge can be applied to training.
Awards are available in numerous disciplines, such as eventing, dressage, Western and English pleasure, games, and more.
Two horses were in the quarantine/hospital barn when it caught fire on Jan. 23, but both were evacuated safely.

Five horses at Sunland Park Racetrack have now been confirmed positive for neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
TCA will use the funds to support organizations that work on behalf of Thoroughbreds and the people who care for them.
Sonja Keating, Esq., of the USEF, and Dionne Benson, DVM, of the RMTC, will speak.
The Ocala Initiative is designed to build support for equine health and welfare research in Florida.
The studies funded cover equine health challenges including infectious diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, and more.
Anna Ford is the program director of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.

The proposed action involves a possible a wild horse facility on a 3,900-acre property near Fountain Green, Utah.
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