
Weed of the Month: Chicory
Chicory is not as common as many weeds in horse pastures but occurs in more abundance in unmowed pastures.


Chicory is not as common as many weeds in horse pastures but occurs in more abundance in unmowed pastures.

At the Rolex Ride The Course event international four-star eventer Lynn Symansky describes the complementary therapies her horses’ health care team uses in the time leading up to three-day events, from acupuncture to magnetic blankets.

At the Rolex Ride the Course press event, international four-star eventer Lynn Symansky describes how riders prepare horses for the jog the morning after Rolex cross-country.

The campaign will support the development of a planning and zoning guide for horse-friendly communities.
An Iowa man is facing multiple animal cruelty charges after authorities removed 61 horses from his Bremer County property.
Central Kentucky is already a glorious mecca for horse people, but it becomes even more so the final week of April and first week of May.

At the Rolex Ride the Course press event International four-star eventer Lynn Symansky describes how she handles shadows and other tricky things horses see during cross-country.

Christopher M. Riggs, VSc, PhD, DEO, Dipl. ECVS, MRCVS, describes the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s on-track pharmacies and how they work.
The advocates claim the BLM and USFS’ management techniques threaten the Pryor Mountain horse herd’s survival.
On April 22 a jury found Shula Woodworth guilty of three misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty toward horses.

Property managers often test their pastures to evaluate the risk of fescue toxicity; however, how you test can produce drastically different results. Here are some things to remember when testing horse pastures for infected tall fescue.

Researchers investigated whether antibiotics in a semen extender could inhibit the growth of CEM’s causative bacteria.

Are there size recommendations for a building a breeding dummy for a Quarter Horse stallion?

The Florida Department of Health in Marion County announced yesterday (April 23) that a horse in the Sparr area tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) infection.

Andrew Nicholson and Avebury are the new official champions of the 2013 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials held last September, following the doping-related disqualification of Jonathan (“Jock”) Paget and Clifton Promise.

And while veterinarians are well-versed in how to help keep these performance horses going, there are management techniques and training protocols owners can employ to give their animals that extra edge.
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