The Olympic horses and riders might have left the equestrian venue last month, but the lights at the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Sha Tin facility are only now beginning to dim, as the Paralympic Games came to a close only a couple weeks ago.
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Kentucky agriculture officials announced today that a 9-year-old Saddlebred gelding has been confirmed positive for West Nile virus (WNV). This is the first WNV case in the state so far this year.
The affected horse lives in Christian
More than 900 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do any of your horse-owning friends wait too long to call the veterinarian for injury or illness?”
With around 175 horses protected under its roof, the Brazos County Special Event Facilities came through Hurricane Ike in fine shape, according to facility Director Tom Quarles.
“The horses and the livestock made it through fine,” Quarles
As of the afternoon of Sept. 17, about 100 horses remained on Galveston Island, while another 23 had been moved to a staging area on the mainland for further care, according to Jerr
A clone of champion show jumper Gem Twist is the newest addition to the stable of horses cloned by Cryozootech, a French company that banks equine genetic material. The company announced the clone’s birth Sept. 15.
Gem Twist, a grey
While most residents fled the island of Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Ike approached amid National Weather Service warnings of “certain death,” numerous horses and other livestock were left behind. Now rescuers are working to get the surviving
Florida agriculture officials have started lifting quarantines at the some of the properties with animals exposed to equine piroplasmosis. Three premises have been released due to negative testing on all horses, leaving 19 under state quarantine
Many Texas horse owners are moving with their horses out of harm’s way as Hurricane Ike approaches the coast.
As of 1 p.m., CDT, Ike was a Category 2 hurricane, but the National Hurricane Center noted in a public bulletin that it was
Nearly 1,000 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “When do you start winding down from your summer riding levels?”
