The inaugural running of the U.S. Steeplechase Championships will take place Saturday, Oct. 17. The event will consist of 12 races contested for $700,000 in purse money at two different race meets on the steeplechase schedule: the Far Hills Race Meet in Far Hills, N.J., and the International Gold Cup at Great Meadows in The Plains, Va.

The National Steeplechase Association (NSA) has

The Hendra virus tests on 25 horses at a Cawarral, Queensland, property, as well as nine others that left the property, continue to return negative results. Three horses on the property died in late July and early August. Two of the dead horses were confirmed positive for Hendra, a potentially zoonotic virus that has only occurred in Australia.

Biosecurity Queensland acting Chief

Big Brown, the 2008 champion 3-year-old male and winner of that year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, started back under tack Monday morning Aug. 17 at Robert N. Clay’s Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky.

The farm typically exercises the majority of its stallions by galloping them a mile and a quarter under tack six days a week on its quarter-mile training track. This regimen

Come and ride the history!

Wyoming offers open spaces, plains, mountains and some great Western history! Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Johnson County wars, Tom Horn and others! Having ridden the Outlaw Trail Ride© guiding up to 100 guests from the Hole-in-the-Wall (the Wild Bunches hideout) across Wyoming for several years, this new ride is smaller and provides an opportunity to

Surfacing Resources, LLC, a leading supplier and installer of quality rubber flooring for the equine industry, is proud to announce the addition of Red Barn mats to our product line.

Red Barn has manufactured high quality, 100% non-absorbent, vulcanized rubber mats for over 40 years. With 3 mat sizes to choose from (4’x6’, 4’x8’ and 5’x7’), we can accommodate a wider variety of stall

The Jockey Club is projecting a 2010 North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 30,000. The group has also revised its original estimate of registered foals for 2009 from 35,400 to 34,000.

The 2010 foal crop is projected to be the smallest foal crop since 1977, when a comparable 30,036 foals were registered.

The foal crop projection, traditionally announced in mid-August, i

Biosecurity Queensland has received initial test results on samples taken from 25 horses at the Cawarral horse nursery. All of the results were clear except for one horse, which showed a positive result for Hendra virus infection from the blood sample test.

The results are from one of the four horses that were tested yesterday when they were showing slightly elevated temperatures–at

Saratoga is the only racetrack in the country where fans can catch a glimpse of all three 2009 classic winners. On Friday, Aug. 21, three lucky individuals will win a chance to meet one of these great horses face-to-face.

Saratoga patrons may enter the “Triple Crown Connection” drawing to win a meeting with Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra, or

Veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary students can participate in the National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced. The Animal Health Emergency Response Corps, a program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, ensures that critical veterinary staffing needs are met during the response to exotic disease

Veterinarians with Biosecurity Queensland have taken samples from 25 horses at a Cawarral horse facility to confirm any further cases of Hendra virus following the deaths of three horses at the property since July 28. The most recent death, which occurred Aug. 8, has been confirmed as a Hendra virus case.

Investigators have also tracked the 11 horses that had left the property. These

When confronted by shelves and shelves of dewormers, many horse owners can be confused about their choices–and the issue of equine parasite resistance adds even greater confusion.

“Multiple studies from across the country have shown entire classes of dewormers are no longer working against small strongyles, which are a

Veterinarians with Biosecurity Queensland are taking samples from 25 horses at a Cawarral horse facility to confirm any further cases of Hendra virus.

This follows the deaths of three horses at the property since July 28. The most recent death, which occurred Aug. 8, has been confirmed as a Hendra virus case.

Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries acting Chief Veterinary Office

DATE: August 11, 2009

LEXINGTON, KY— The World Games 2010 Foundation today announced that Kentucky-based Tarter Farm & Ranch Equipment is now the Official Provider of Equine and Livestock Management Equipment of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

The World Games 2010 Foundation and Tarter will work together to meet many equipment needs for the 2010 Games,

Date: August 10, 2009

Contact: Gina Thesing, (763) 263-8350, gina_thesing@cargill.com; Liz Pearce, (952) 742-6202, elizabeth_pearce@cargill.com

Nutrena® brand introduces new bag design for Life Design® horse feeds

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