This summer we’ve been pinching ourselves here in Central Kentucky. Usually by mid-August we’re resuscitating brown lawns (if we haven’t given up on yard care

“Welcome to the geriatric equine center!” my dad has said, jokingly, when I’ve come home to visit. It’s an accurate assessmentÑjust about every animal on

In seventh grade I remember sitting atop our paddock’s four-board fence and interviewing my family’s longtime veterinarian, Dr. Kitt Bosse. It was a career-day assignment,

Sprawled out in the den floor by the TV, chin in my hands, I savored Kentucky Derby coverage the first Saturday of May each year

Last week I visited a friend who rents a home on a farm here in Lexington. It was a very chilly nightÑdid I mind if

It’s official. You’re preoccupied with your horse’s poop. We expected our March cover story would be a popular one, but it’s always fun when people like/comment/read/share/make

Over the past two weeks TheHorse.com has followed reports of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) positives in Florida, Utah, New Jersey, and Quebec. Sure, this isn’t our

One of the most important conditions to recognize in a horse is also one of the most difficult things to depict in photos: equine pain.

Yesterday’s high of 20 degrees and solid hours of desk-sitting had me wistful for warmer times and a fun riding memory from the fall, when