The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) has designated February as its fundraising and membership month. The organization hopes to receive funds or pledges totaling $850,000 during the month as well as renew its current memberships of more
The American Farrier’s Association (AFA) will host the world’s largest gathering of professional farriers at its 36th Annual Convention, to be held February 27-March 3 in Albuquerque, N.M.
The convention will be held at the Albuquerque
After an absence of more than 55 years, a life-sized bronze sculpture of the legendary American racehorse Seabiscuit is coming back to its original home in northern California.
Workers in Salt Lake City and the San Francisco Bay Area
A $1 million endowed professorship has been established by the James Graham Brown Foundation and Research Challenge Trust Fund to honor Stanley Smith Dickson, a native Kentuckian with a multigenerational legacy in the state’s horse industry.
The 8th Annual NAERIC Yearling Auction to be held at Cook College holds promises of bright futures for twelve well-trained yearling horses. The eight geldings and four fillies have spent the past eight months as part of the Young Horse Teaching
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has announced the recipients of its equine grants for the first quarter of 2007. A variety of equine rescue groups and sanctuaries across the United States received aid
Whether it’s equine herpesvirus-1, Potomac horse fever or strangles, infectious diseases in horses have appeared frequently in recent news headlines. The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., is on the frontlines in the
Georgia Department of Agriculture staff began removing horses and dogs from a property in Pike County at 10 a.m. this morning out of concern for the animals’ health and safety.
The process of removing the animals is continuing. The
The British Horse Society and the Animal Health Trust launched a campaign today (Feb. 1) to raise ?250,000 ($492,000) to eradicate Strangles.
Strangles–triggered by the bacterium Streptococcus equi–is one of the most common
A two-day short course for horse owners March 9-10 in Raleigh, N.C., will provide the latest information on the care and management of horse’s hooves. The early registration deadline for the clinic is Feb. 10.
The course will provide
Owners, breeders, and veterinarians, all of whom have strong economic reasons to prevent and control equine viral arteritis (EVA), are getting some help from the American Quarter Horse Association. The Association will begin documenting
The Kentucky Horse Council (KHC), a statewide association for all horse owners and enthusiasts, is establishing an All-Breed Advisory Council, to provide a unified voice for the owners of all breeds of horses in Kentucky. The Council
The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is set to launch an undergraduate equine education program this fall and officials have tapped a trusted, familiar face with a wealth of experience to take the reins.
Bob Coleman, PhD,
Amid a crowd gathered in one of the University of Kentucky’s equine research barns, UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. and College of Agriculture Dean Scott Smith today announced a new equine undergraduate program and significant improvements to UK’s
Riding For Reading is pleased to announce that the University of Southern California’s Trojan Equestrian Team has signed up to help Riding For Reading. The USC Equestrian Team will help the non-profit literacy organization with its book
“(Equine Week at the Zoo) has become a big promotional event for the Zoo, and a kick-start to our season opening,” says The Zoo in Forest Park education director Alison Summers. The event will celebrate its fourth anniversary April 14-22, 2007,
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