The Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will create a new equine education program at the Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center (MARE Center) located in Middleburg, Va.
The Horse Trust of Buckinghamshire, UK, is now taking orders for its Christmas cards and 2010 calendar, which feature retired horses, donkeys, and ponies living at the sanctuary.
All proceeds from The Horse Trust's Christmas cards and calendars go to the charity. It costs the charity around £17 ($28) a day to look after each horse at the sanctuary.
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On Monday, we concluded our excerpt from the new book Equine ER about Marching Orders, the stoic Thoroughbred with the big heart who transformed an
All about the exciting sport of Reining this week as we speak with Dan Wall, Executive Director of the National Reining Horse Association. Dan fills
A national Welfare Code of Practice has been endorsed by the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the American Quarter Horse Association, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the U.S. Equestrian Federation, and the U.S. Trotting Association. The Welfare Code of Practice, drafted by the American Horse Council (AHC), outlines in generi
The ability to have stallion semen sorted for sex-selected foals is being offered on a commercial basis through a new alliance between Sexing Technologies and Equine Reproduction Innovations. The use of sex-selected semen in conjunction with intracytoplasmic sperm injection will be offered to horse breeders for the 2010 breeding season.
Why used sexed semen?
Four retired racehorses from Suffolk Downs moved into their new home on Tuesday, stepping into sawdust-covered stalls built for them by prison inmates at a 90-acre farm not far from the rocky coastline where the Pilgrims first stepped ashore.
The horses will live at the Plymouth County Sheriff's Farm, where the prisoners converted part of an unused dairy barn into a stable
Troxel LLC is now accepting submissions for its new "Safety in Focus" online photo contest. Judges will award prizes, including a grand prize of $250 worth of Troxel merchandise, to five winning photos and showcase all the best entries online.
The contest is in support of Troxel's newly upgraded Safety
Jockey Mike Smith, who rode Zenyatta to a dramatic and historic victory in the Nov. 7 Breeders' Cup Classic, will be the next guest on BloodHorse.com's "Talkin' Horses" podcast scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 17. Racing enthusiasts are invited to submit their questions now through
Why run a marathon when you can just ride a horse? The fine folks at The Onion recently covered the New York City marathon in
I hope that you will find Horse Lover’s Guide to Kentucky and its companion blog a valuable resource in beginning or continuing your own love affair with these magnificent animals.
Two horses in New Jersey have tested positive for equine piroplasmosis. The animals were among four purchased in 2008 from a ranch in South Texas on which 288 horses have now tested positive for the tick-borne disease.
"Additional testing on the imported horses and contact horses is under way," noted a
Quality Road not only suffered several injuries from his traumatic incident at the starting gate prior to the Breeders' Cup Classic, he suffered mentally as well and now will have to van home to Belmont Park from California after refusing to get on the plane.
"He's got stitches, he nearly knocked a tooth out, he's got a laceration and a big bruise over one eye,
Each year the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association (KVMA) names one Kentucky Veterinarian of the Year. This year’s recipient is Craig Carter, DVM, PhD, director of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture’s Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center and professor of epidemiology.
All horses that ran in the Breeders' Cup have tested negative for illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
The California Horse Racing Board said testing was completed Tuesday and all the samples came back clear from the UC Davis laboratory.
All entrants underwent pre-race blood testing for TCO2, a performance-enhancing alkalizing agent known as a
Steve Hiatt never thought he would win an award for doing the thing he enjoys more than anything else in the world–helping horses. So when the 50-year-old California native was honored with the Race Track Chaplaincy of America's White Horse Award for heroic service to the equine industry, it was understandable he was more than a little surprised.
"I am in awe,"
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