Rising on the “correct” diagonal on a circle or curve helps counterbalance the horse’s movement asymmetry created by the curve itself. And if the horse is lame, the wrong diagonal could enhance that lameness and the right diagonal could mask it.
The Morris Animal Foundation is funding three new pilot studies with a focus on equine drug-resistant parasites and equine metabolic syndrome (EMS).
The ill-fated WEG endurance competition was abandoned amid delays, disruptions, and dangerous heat. Here’s a look back at what went wrong.
A group of wild horse advocates hope a federal judge will stop the BLM from carrying out a plan to surgically spay wild mares at the agency’s Wild Horse Corrals, in Hines, Oregon, on grounds that the procedures are experimental and dangerous.
What can boarders do when the barn is lax about biosecurity? Dr. Joe Lyman of Neogen shares advice.
Officials have now confirmed 31 cases of WNV in Ohio horses so far this year—more than double the number of cases reported last year.
Surgical site infection risk had little to do with the amount or kind of bacteria present at the incision before, during, or after surgery, researchers found.
Dr. Joe Lyman of Neogen explains what you should do if you suspect your horse as acquired an infectious disease.
The Gloucester County horse had not been vaccinated against EEE in 2018 and was euthanized.
The affected Quarter Horse stallion had not been off the farm in several months, and there is no known exposure to horses outside the farm.
The neurologic horse was seen at a private veterinary clinic in Loudoun County, Virginia, before returning home to a private farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. The horse’s home facility has been quarantined.
Find out which horses are at the highest risk for feed-related choke and what you can do to reduce that risk.
On a day when home nation Team USA secured an unexpected victory in the Polaris Ranger driving team title, Australian driver Boyd Exell proved he remains in a league of his own by securing a third successive individual WEG gold medal.
Germany’s Simone Blum etched her name into the record books when she became the first woman in the 28-year history of the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018 to secure the individual gold medal when she jumped clean with a single time fault aboard DSP Alice.
Sarah Morganti (ITA) and Royal Delight, Stinna Tange Kaastrup (DEN) and Horsebo Smarties, Rixt van der Horst (NED) and Findsley, Sanne Voets (NED) and Demantur NOP, and Sophie Wells (GBR) and C Fatal Attraction earned freestyle gold medals in their respective grades.
Kristina Boe (GER) took the individual female gold medal, Lambert Leclezio (FRA) earned the individual male gold, and Team Germany scored the squad gold medal.
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