Recently, 12 members and two widows of class members from the Class of 1957 gathered at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences to celebrate their 50th Class Reunion. Among those attending were Dr. Leroy Coggins,
Two people police say were hoping to avoid drinking and driving chose instead to head home on horseback, and ended up under arrest anyway.
Culpeper, Va., police officers Lonnie Myers and Tim Chilton heard a disturbance last Thursday aroun
“Barbaro,” a documentary exploring the triumph and tragedy of the Thoroughbred who captured the public’s imagination last year after winning the Kentucky Derby, will premiere on HBO on Wednesday, June 6 at 10:00 p.m. (EST).
Tracing Barbaro’
A federal judge ruled Friday that Illinois’ only horse slaughter plant could temporarily resume operations while challenging a state law that forced it to close last week.
Belgian-owned Cavel International Inc. filed a lawsuit May 25 claiming
Thursday in Fez is a day of the Souk, or market, where a lot of livestock is traded. For that reason, the caseload tends to
The streets of New York will be a little less crowded next weekend because Street Sense will not be running in the June 9 Belmont Stakes but instead will be pointed toward the Travers at Saratoga and a fall campaign. The announcement was made by
Gibson County officials and the Indiana Horse Rescue last weekend removed 15 horses from a southern Indiana farm in another chapter of what they call a chronic case of horse neglect. An additional 35 horses were removed from the property last
Fewer veterinary school graduates are taking their talent, time and training to the farms and ranches of South Dakota. It’s a trend seen in other farm states, too, in part because Americans love their pets.
The nation’s 28 veterinary
Birds that once flourished in suburban skies, including robins, bluebirds and crows, have been devastated by West Nile virus, a new study has found.
Populations of seven species have suffered dramatic declines across the continent since Wes
With the June 9 Belmont Stakes fast approaching, trainers of the expected contenders were making plans for travel and pre-race works May 31.
Larry Jones will ship Hard Spun to Belmont Park from Delaware Park June 2 and will ready the son of
Pretty light work day at the Fondouk. Most of today’s patients were of the small animal type. I’m feeling a little better although still not
A decision on whether Street Sense, winner of the Kentucky Derby, will compete in the June 9 Belmont Stakes will be made during a May 31 press conference at Churchill Downs.
According to Churchill officials, trainer Carl Nafzger will be
A uniform on-track equine injury reporting system developed by Mary Scollay, DVM, association veterinarian at Calder Race Course and Gulfstream Park, will be implemented as a pilot project at 30 racetracks beginning June 1, it was announced today b
Sugar Puff, the world’s oldest living pony as declared by the Guinness Book of Records, has died at age 56, Horse & Hound reported.
A pit bull terrier is dead after attacking three Waterloo, Iowa, police horse patrol officers in a residential area May 29.
The unleashed and unfenced dog attacked both the officers and their horses yesterday. Police say the dog bit a horse
Bidding on Susan Sommer-Luarca’s portrait “Barbaro,” a 5′ by 4′ tonal acrylic on canvas that was painted at Churchill Downs during Kentucky Derby week this year and signed by jockey Edgar Prado, is up to $12,600 with bidding continuing on Ebay
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