Riders4Helmets.com will have a booth at the Kentucky Horse Park on Saturday, July 10 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. by the Grill On The Hill (near stable office).

There will be several demonstrations and fun activities going on throughout the day including: Correct Helmet Fitting demonstrations by Charles Owen and IRH, Children’

As she heads into the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select sale, which is the first major auction of the yearling selling season, consignor Kitty Taylor of Warrendale Sales said she feels like the manager of a baseball team. The sale is scheduled for July 13-14 in Lexington and has 494 horses in its catalog, many of which fit into the middle market range.

“It’s kind of like

Less than a week after the resolution of the legal dispute concerning World Cup mount Sapphire, ridden by McLain Ward (USA), new international guidelines for the evaluation of hypersensitivity have been issued, according to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). “Following the Sapphire disqualification and the legal challenge, the FEI examined carefully t

Just one week after the Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner announced a spike in Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) cases, the Georgia Division of Public Health has confirmed two positive cases of EEE in horses found in Brooks County on July 8. So far, these are the only EEE cases reported in Georgia this year. EEE is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system and is

The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) will receive no new funding under the 2011 U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Subcommittee spending bill, according to Subcommittee chairwoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Ct). Last year, the subcommittee also declined to appropriate funds for the program. The NAIS is

Can you or your veterinarian accurately assess lameness and/or pain in your laminitic horse? This is the question a research team led by Ignacio Vinuela-Fernandez, DVM, MSc, asked, knowing how important it is to manage the pain in horses that develop laminitis. “Laminitis is a common and potentially devastating condition that is a major welfare concern when ineffectively managed,” explained

Foals, like other young animals, are especially susceptible to diseases. A review of necropsy cases over a one-year period at the University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center was conducted to determine common pathologic diagnoses in the foals submitted for necropsy. For this study, all foals 1 day to 6 months of age were included. A total of 272 foals within this age range were

The Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) will sell 175 estray horses at auction that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) removed from a public range on the Nevada-Utah border last month. The gathered horses are not BLM mustangs. They are either domestic animals turned out onto public lands by their owners or the descendants of those horses, determined by the BLM and state brand

Halters worn by two-time Eclipse Award winner Zenyatta and 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra brought a combined $8,777.99 on eBay in a fundraiser for the Race for Education.

Bidding on the undefeated Zenyatta’s halter, one she wore in 2009, ended on July 6 with a winning bid of $6,600. The winning bid on the Rachel Alexandra halter, which closed July 7, was $2,177.99.