
Maintaining Health and Fitness in WEG World Travelers
Health considerations of the Australian endurance team horses that recently traveled to central Kentucky for the World Equestrian Games.


Health considerations of the Australian endurance team horses that recently traveled to central Kentucky for the World Equestrian Games.

Learn how the United States is safeguarding its horse population against foreign diseases with quarantine protocols for World Equestrian Games equine athletes.
TheHorse.com’s Ask the Vet LIVE session on World Equestrian Games Horse Care, held on Sept. 8, is now available for listening on demand. Scores of questions on transportation of World Equestrian Games equine athletes, nutrition, pain management, and more were answered by veterinarians Kent Allen, DVM; Hannah Wellman, DVM; and Cynthia G. MacKenzie, DVM.

What makes the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games “bigger and better” from a horse care/management standpoint?

For Alltech president Pearse Lyons, sponsoring the World Equestrian Games makes perfect sense.

Kentucky-based Alltech, lead sponsor of the World Equestrian Games, is an animal nutrition company and more.

From arena footing to walking paths, the Kentucky Horse Park improvements put the horse first.

Dr. Chris Newton discusses health risks associated with the different World Equestrian Games disciplines.
Thrush, underrun heels, hoof cracks, shelly feet, and laminitis, oh my! Today’s horses can face many common hoof problems, whether the animals are pasture pets or high-level competition horses. Join us on Monday, August 16, from 8-9 p.m. Eastern U.S. time for our Ask the Vet Live Q&A chat event on Common Hoof Problems.

Quarantine, confinement, and stress can affect World Equestrian Games (WEG) horses.
A stallion has tested positive for the venereal disease Equine viral arteritis (EVA) in Staffordshire, England, reports HorseandHound. Breeding restrictions have been placed on the stallion.
Not much else is known, but the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs in the England said in a s

The World Equestrian Games will bring together an unprecedented level of veterinary talent.

Dr. William Witt of the University of Kentucky discusses managing four thistles–musk, plumeless, bull, and Canada thistles–in horse pastures.

Emily Sorensen, a trainer at Wyvern farm in Martinez, Calif., gives advice for people with bad memories on how to memorize a dressage test.

Kentucky Horse Park executive director John Nicholson discusses how the park is prepared for the World Equestrian Games and beyond.
Four Thoroughbred racehorses were killed by lightning in Jasper, Ga., Monday, July 26. Two geldings and two pregnant mares were found dead in their field located on the 66-acre farm owned by James and Irma Green. The horses were valued at more than $100,000 the Greens told WSBTV Channel 2, but the Greens
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