North Carolina public health officials say recent events highlight the need for to remain vigilant against rabies. Several cases in recent weeks have brought into focus the need to vaccinate pets, including horses, against the disease.
During a Nov. 20 Kentucky Horse Racing Authority meeting at the Kentucky Horse Park, the state’s chief steward John Veitch announced that trainer Scott Blasi had been fined $2,500 for bringing the wrong horse to the Churchill Downs paddock befor
Diesis, an English champion and prominent Kentucky stallion, was euthanatized Nov. 18 at Mill Ridge Farm, owned by Alice Chandler and her husband, Dr. John Chandler, near Lexington. The 26-year-old pensioned son of Sharpen Up had fractured a hip
Red Mile Entertainment, Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, announced today (Nov. 21) the release of Lucinda Green’s Equestrian Challenge for PlayStation 2. Developed by IR Gurus Interactive–the same
A travel ban has shut down equine movement in Knysna, South Africa, following test results that confirmed two horses as infected with African horse sickness (AHS) in the area, reports the reports the South African Broadcasting Company (
Fleet Indian, who suffered an injury to her left front suspensory ligament during the Nov. 4 running of the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Churchill Downs, had surgery Nov. 20 to fuse her left front fetlock.
Owner Paul Saylor sai
Gem Twist, a legend of the show jumping circuit, was euthanatized Saturday, Nov. 18. According to a U.S. Equestrian Federation press release, the decision was made to euthanatize hm after he sustained a pulled muscle that rendered hi
Eclipse Award winner Stevie Wonderboy had a small chip taken out of his right front ankle a week ago, said trainer Doug O’Neill. The 2005 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner had been doing well on the comeback trail, but came out of his last work with
Hollywood Park planned to conduct a full card of racing on its Cushion Track Sunday, one day after jockeys complained late in the day about “waves,” or clumps of synthetic material, that a track official said were caused by problems with the
The Roman emperor Caligula is fabled to have made his horse a senator. The Dutch Party for Animals won’t go that far, but looks set to score a milestone in elections Nov. 22 by becoming the first animal rights party in Europe to have its own
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is emphasizing that the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) will be a voluntary program and that no plans are in place to make the program mandatory.
The NAIS has been a hot topic of
An off-duty police officer in Brazos County, Texas, shot and killed his neighbor’s Miniature Horse stallion on Friday (Nov. 17), saying the loose Mini had injured his full-size horses, reports
Police in Lancaster County, Pa., have charged a man with drunken driving after he collided with two horse-drawn buggies, reports Pennsylvania television news station
Allen Ryunda is striking while the iron is hot. He wanted to save money by shoeing his own horses — and in the process of learning how, he hit upon an ancient career still in demand.
“The guy I’m doing my apprenticeship with said he doesn’
An anonymous bomb threat forced authorities to evacuate an English horse racing track Saturday (Nov. 18), but police found nothing suspicious.
Security officials at Lingfield Park Racecourse, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of
Although cooler temperatures have arrived in Florida, horses in the Sunshine State are still at risk for contracting potentially fatal mosquito-borne diseases, such as West Nile virus, University of Florida veterinarians and state officials warn
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