Kimberly S. Brown

Kimberly S. Brown is the editor of EquiManagement/EquiManagement.com and the group publisher of the Equine Health Network at Equine Network LLC.

Articles by: Kimberly S. Brown

Australian Equine Vets Honored for Equine Influenza Efforts

Equine Veterinarians Australia, which representes more than 1,000 equine practitioners in that country, honored the Chief Veterinarians for New South Wales and Queensland for their efforts in eradicating equine infuenza from their states during the massive outbreak last year.

Dr. Bruce Christie from New South Wales and Dr. Ron Glanville from Queensland received the 2009 Equine

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Summer Bird, Not Mine That Bird, Wins Belmont

With the filly Rachael Alexandra out of the Belmont because her owners didn’t feel it was in the filly’s best interest, all eyes turned back to the Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness Stakes runner-up Mine That Bird.


He was sent off as

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Horse Soccer?

Looking for something new to do with your horses? How about forming a “horse soccer” league!


In this author’s experience, the only time this had been seen before was with the Lexington Mounted Police Unit, who use large, inflatable balls

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What About the Budweiser Clydesdales?

TheHorse.com has had numerous questions about the fate of the Budweiser Clydesdales since it was announced in July of 2008 that Belgian brewer InBev had purchased Anheuser-Busch, creating the world’s largest brewer. Another spate of questions

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Will the Filly Beat the Boys in Today’s Preakness?

Call them old-fashioned, but Rachel Alexandra’s owners only wanted the 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly to run against fillies before she trounced the field in the Kentucky Oaks. A 50-1 longshot gelding named Mine That Bird won the Kentucky

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Rachel Alexandra Beats Boys in Preakness

Favored filly Rachel Alexandra, winner of this year’s Kentucky Oaks, beat Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird by a length to take the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel in Thoroughbred Racing’s Triple Crown. Musket Man was third, another 1 1/2

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Kentucky Reports Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome Cases

The University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC) reported today (May 13) that two fetal necropsy cases had findings consistent with mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS), the disease that in 2001-2002 in Kentucky caused an estimated $336 million in cumulative losses in all breeds of horses.

During 2001, when MRLS hit Central Kentucky particularly hard, an

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Australian Steeplechase Racing Faces Crisis With Horse Deaths

The fate of steeplechase racing in Australia is coming under fire again as three horses have died in one week of jump racing at the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival. According to news sources that makes seven horses that have died or been euthanized so far this season over jumps, and it’s early in the season.

The deaths caused a suspension of steeplechase racing in the Australian stat

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Longshot $9,500 Gelding Wins Kentucky Derby

In a story reminiscent to the movie “Casey’s Shadow,” Mine That Bird, a 3-year-old gelding purchased as a yearling for only $9,500, won the 135th Kentucky Derby. He was sent off at 50-1 odds and won by daylight after getting through on the rail under jockey Calvin Borel. He paid $103.20 for a $2 ticket.

Owned by Double Eagle Ranch and Bueno Suerte Equine, the gelding won the March 29

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Hilarious Jockey Karaoke Raises $50K

A sell-out crowd applauded, cheered, and good-naturedly jeered some of the most famous jockeys in the world as they put themselves in the spotlight to raise money for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund during a Riders Up! fundraiser on Friday, April 17, at Keeneland race course’s Entertainment Center in Lexington, Ky. The karaoke competition was filled with surprises.

Lexington’s

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Thoroughbred Rescue Receives Not-For-Profit Status

One of the groups that has successfully used the Thoroughbred Adoption Services on TheHorse.com is Kim Clark’s LeightonFarm.com. Now she has established a 501(c)(3) to help Thoroughbreds transitioning to a new life off the track.

“I placed 150 horses in 2008 through LeightonFarm.com,” said Clark. “Most of them Thoroughbreds retiring from racing. Being a Thoroughbred

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