Is your stud a dud? About one in 10 breeding stallions can’t perform up to expectations due to subfertility or infertility. Causes for reduced breeding performance are many: Age, injury, genetics, management, or disease.
Whether winter means a well-deserved break for your horse or the start of the “snowbird circuit,” your horse’s hooves might need some special “seasonal” attention. Exactly what adjustments you’ll want to make depends on the type of winter weather
There are few similarities between horses and automobiles, but in a manner of speaking, the horse’s circulatory and respiratory systems constitute its engine. The food a horse consumes is its fuel. The fuel is converted into nutritional energy that
We have just passed the five-year anniversary of the most horrific terrorist attack on the United States in the country’s history. It was on Sept. 11, 2001, that two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center Towers in New York, another struck
Each year, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) hosts a three-day meeting on a single topic in equine medicine or surgery. This year the topic was dentistry, and the meeting was held in Indianapolis, Ind., July 30-Aug. 1.
Horses are delicate creatures. Despite their size and strength, they can be afflicted by a host of ailments. Their use in equestrian sports, their curious nature, and their boisterous social interactions can easily put them in injury-causing
Why should horse owners care about this year’s annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP), Dec. 2-6? Several reasons.
First, despite veterinarians’ busy schedules, they are always striving to learn what is ne
For humans, it seems a fairly simple process to take a plane trip, with the most complicated portion involving transportation to the airport or the wait in security lines. But what must transpire to get a horse aboard a jet and fly him thousands of
Michael Matz is back at Churchill Downs this week, scene of Barbaro’s dominating Kentucky Derby victory.
The trainer’s working in the same barn area and leading his horse for the Breeders’ Cup along the paths where Barbaro walked.
One
Artsplace, a champion pacing sire and racehorse, was euthanatized Monday (Oct. 30) at the University of Pennsylvania’s large animal hospital, New Bolton Center, in Kennett Square, Pa., at the age of 18. The decision was made to euthanatize the hors
AQHA Professional Horseman Curt Pate will be at the AQHA World Championship Show on Saturday, Nov. 11, to host an educational clinic. Free to the public, attendees will learn the finer aspects of practical horsemanship and how to develop a
This week, bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” is featuring special guests to mark the remaining days leading up to Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The chat can be found online at
Two Escambia County, Fla., men accused of dragging a donkey behind their pickup will be going to jail. Matthew Ramsey and Terry Skinner were sentenced yesterday to nearly a year in jail and placed on two years’ probation.
They will also hav
Vindy.com, the online edition of The Vindicator, has reported that 16 malnourished horses have been removed from a boarding farm in Canfield,
Kentucky Derby winnder Barbaro, whose shattered leg in the Preakness brought his stunning career to a halt, has been captured beautifully by veterinarian-turned-artist John Fawcett. The two original portraits were commissioned by Roy and Gretche
The Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane have returned to Sleepy Hollow for Halloween, and this time they won’t be disappearing afterward into the mists of legend.
Just in time to frighten young trick-or-treaters, an 18-foot-high steel
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