Fifty-nine horses have been quarantined because of a suspected contagious infection at Hoosier Park racetrack in central Indiana.

Hoosier Park officials placed the horses in quarantine Saturday after one Thoroughbred at the stable began exhibiting signs of Streptococcus equi infection, or strangles, a contagious bacterial disease common in horses that can be life-threatening.

The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a series of horse poaching incidents in Florida rose to $20,000 today when Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade County Inc. increased its reward offer to $15,000. The Humane Society of the United States is also offering a separate $5,000 reward for information critical to the case through the South Florida Societ

Amidst reports of horses being abandoned due to the struggling economy, the University of Illinois Extension has scheduled a telephone conference on October 6 from 6:30 to 8:00p.m. to address this issue.

“Horses and other animals are suffering from the economic downturn right along with their owners,” said Ellen Phillips, U of I Extension educator. “Across the country, horses are being

Police in Hillsborough County, Fla., are seeking two men and a woman suspected of stealing five horses from a Seffner pasture on Sept. 5.

The stolen horses were among eight located in the pasture when the suspects cut a fence, drove a truck and trailer into the pasture, and began rounding-up the horses. A palomino gelding, a Shetland pony, a dark bay mare, a blue roan mare, and a

A training symposium focusing on retraining the retired racehorse will be offered by professional three-day event rider and clinician Steuart Pittman Oct. 4 in Crownsville, Md.

The purpose of this event is to demonstrate the skills that a rider needs to train a retired racehorse and to promote these generous athletes.

In the first segment, Pittman will evaluate and ride some sport

Tickets to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will go on sale Sept. 25 at noon EST, exactly one year before the Games begin in Lexington, Ky.

Ticket sales will be facilitated by Ticketmaster and sold through alltechfeigames.com and ticketmaster.com. Tickets will

Five horses have been reported stolen from their Tampa-area pasture. An eyewitness watched the situation unfold, unaware the animals were being stolen.

The thieves pulled up a fence post, cut the fence, and released two horses of their own to help them corral the others that were grazing in the pasture. The thieves then drove through the fence, loaded the horses, came back through and

All eyes figure to be on Storm Cat’s offspring starting Monday, Sept. 14, at the Keeneland September yearling sale. And for good reason. There are 32 yearlings consigned to the sale from Storm Cat’s last full crop, which numbers 56. Twenty-nine of the youngsters are consigned to Book 1.

Storm Cat’s place in the history of the Keeneland September yearling sale is well assured. The top

Hoosier Park Racing and Casino took precautionary measures Sept. 12 when symptoms of a case of Streptococcus equi (strangles), a contagious bacterial disease, was suspected in a Thoroughbred racehorse on the backstretch at the facility.

All 59 horses stabled in the barn with the horse have been quarantined until test results are returned from the lab.

Hoosier Park officials

Two horses at risk for life-threatening bleeding caused by an uncommon infection of the internal carotid artery were successfully treated recently by University of Florida veterinarians who used cutting-edge technology to resolve the problem faster and less invasively than traditional surgery would allow.

“The problem both of these horses had involved a disease called guttural pouch

The Companion Animal Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) Service at The Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital provides emergency and intensive care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Drs. Amy Butler and Ed Cooper, both board-certified specialists in the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, lead a team