Haylie Pfeffer

Haylie Pfeffer, Digital Editor, holds a degree in equine studies with a concentration in communications and a minor in social media marketing. She is a Pennsylvania native and, as a horse owner herself, has a passion for helping owners provide the best care for their horses. When she is not writing or in the barn, she is spending time with her dog, Clementine.

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Additional Steroid Testing for Sale Horses at Keeneland

Keeneland officials plan to expand their testing program for exogenous anabolic steroids in sale horses to include the April select juvenile auction. That decision came after Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed emergency regulations Sept. 5 that

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FEI Holds First Hearings on Olympic Substance Test Results

Hearings before the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, this weekend in the Olympic cases of Bernardo Alves of Brazil and the horse Chupa Chup; Denis Lynch of Ireland and the horse Lantinus; and Courtney

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Hurricane Ike Forecast to Strike Texas-Louisiana Border

Forecasters are predicting that Hurricane Ike could hit Louisiana or Texas this weekend.

Ike, which raked the Bahamas and worsened floods in Haiti that have killed 321 people, made landfall on Cuba as a fearsome Category 3 hurricane, then

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LSU Veterinary Hospital Carries on after Hurricane Gustav


The Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital remained open for emergency service following Hurricane Gustav. Since the storm struck the Louisiana coast, the Veterinary Teaching

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Equine Herpesvirus Suspected in NY Racehorse Death

Smell My Carrots, a 3-year-old New York-bred maiden gelding, was euthanized Saturday Sept. 6 after being found in his stall in Belmont Park?s Barn 38 with a fever and unable to stand, according to New York Racing Association?s Chief Examining

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Horse Advocate John Hettinger Dies

Horse advocate John A. Hettinger, a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Racing Association (Thoroughbreds) and Chairman Emeritus of the Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation, died Sept. 6 at his Akindale Farm in Pawling, N.Y., afte

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Mare Killed In Storm Has Foals On the Way

Jennifer Mears lost Tuesday, her beloved buckskin mare, in the devastation caused by a deadly tornado that struck northern Colorado in May. But thanks to the quick thinking of doctors and researchers at Colorado State University and the help of

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Equestrian Paralympic Competition Began Today

The equestrian competition of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games started this morning at Shatin Equestrian arena with a record number of participating riders.


A total of 73 riders from 28 delegations will vie in 11 dressage events. The

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Eight Belles Honored in Public Memorial

With more than 200 people in attendance, this year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands runner-up Eight Belles was memorialized in a public ceremony in the garden of the Kentucky Derby Museum Sept. 7.


At the conclusion of the

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Powerful Hurricane Ike Looms as Trouble for Gulf

Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida to Mexico to wonder where it will eventuall

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Hanna Drenches Carolinas, Focus Turns to Hurricane Ike

Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early Saturday at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could dump heavy rain from Virginia to New England.

The National Hurricane

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