The ability to measure changes in pressure values at the points of contact between a rider and a horse is anticipated to be an important tool in advancing the quality of hippotherapy, say researchers from Eastern Europe.
To wrap up this chapter on horse showing for less (the near impossible), I want to think about more things exhibitors can do themselves, rather
Stonestreet Stables’ Jess Jackson, majority owner of Kentucky Oaks and Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra, said in a wide-ranging media teleconference June 24 that the superb filly would not race in this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita but
A horse in De Baca County, N.M., is reported to be positive for vesicular stomatitis, according to a statement released by the Texas Animal Health Commission.
The premises has been under quarantine since June 18, 2009. No other horses are
A sorrel Quarter Horse gelding named Doc Rancher (barn name Lucky), has been reported as stolen June 20 between 2:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. from his stall at the Champagne County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Ohio.
Owned since February 2008 by Amanda
For six months, Martin K. Nielsen, DVM, was a visiting scientist at the Gluck Equine Research Center from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark through the Albert and Lorraine Clay Research Fellowship award. Nielsen, an assistant professor in
Based on diagnostic tests currently used in human medicine, researchers from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom have reported preliminary findings on the use of an easy and non-invasive analysis of “exhaled breath condensate” that
The New York Racing Association has scheduled another hearing June 24 to investigate trainer Jeff Mullins’ actions in the Aqueduct detention barn April 4.
An enhanced version of NYRA’s Barn Area Violations Panel already held one hearing in
Craig Carter, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM, director of the University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center, was recognized during a retirement ceremony March 22 at the Army Reserve Medical Command in Pinellas Park, Fla., for his 42 years of
An investigation to determine who fatally shot three horses in a federal corral in Rock Springs, Wyo., earlier this month is under way.
The dead horses were discovered on June 12 when a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee arrived to
Two riders setting off on a journey around the world are also looking to compile the world’s first complete equine genetic library through the unprecedented application of “crowd-sourcing.” Every horse owner is encouraged to participate by sending
At the 2008 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, Keith Soring, DVM, presented material regarding withdrawal times and therapeutic thresholds of medications in horses. A threshold is a defined concentration of a “regulatory analyte
Dr. Claire Latimer, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital’s specialist in veterinary ophthalmology, performs eye surgery to remove a mass from a pony’s eye. The eye
Just a note from New Orleans, La., where we’re in attendance for the American Horse Publications annual convention. This is one of those times where
The National Reining Horse Association is offering a one-day clinic for reining horse enthusiasts, where participants can receive one-on-one training from two of the world?s top NRHA professionals, Bernard and Ann Fonck. The 2009 NRHA Regional
Managers on Kentucky horse farms prefer pastures used for grazing pregnant mares to be composed of Kentucky bluegrass and orchardgrass and little, if any, tall fescue. Most of the tall fescue in Kentucky pastures is “KY 31,” and essentially all
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