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Bayer Animal Health honored Liz Bracken, DVM, of Atascadero, Calif., as the inaugural recipient of the “Legend of the Year” award, which recognizes veterinary professionals who provide equitarian aid, or exceptional care for unwanted or abandoned horses. The award-which includes a $5,000 donation to the equine rescue or welfare organization of the recipient’s choice-was presented to Bracken …

Temperatures in the mid-teens could not put a chill on the warmth shown by about 1,000 fans as super mare Zenyatta made her final appearance Dec. 6 at Keeneland before being shipped off to begin a career as a broodmare. The daughter of Street Cry owned by Ann and Jerry Moss entered the rear outdoor walking ring adjacent to Keeneland’s sales pavilion in Lexington shortly after

Almost 500 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “At what age do you start feeding your foal(s) supplements?”

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has issued a letter stating that, effective Jan. 1, 2011, any horse shipping to a racetrack in the state must have a certificate showing it is negative for equine piroplasmosis.

Zenyatta bid a final farewell to her legions of fans Dec. 5 at Hollywood Park, pricking her cotton-stuffed ears at the gaggle of cameras one more time before heading into retirement. The superstar mare who won 19 of her 20 career races and more than $7.3 million patiently walked around the paddock before taking to the track for a last stroll. Fans cheered and snapped photos as Zen

The New Jersey Attorney General is accusing two trustees of a horse rescue in that state of misappropriating more than $60,000 in contributions from online donors who thought they were saving horses from so-called kill-buyers.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the shooting deaths of two mustangs in Idaho.

“The AAEP feels it’s very important to try to bring vets and farriers together,” said Steve O’Grady, DVM, MRCVS. “The AAEP accomplishes that by providing quality continuing education for both veterinarians and farriers and by bringing farriers and vets to a group of presentations at the convention where they can sit down together and learn.”

This holiday season Canadian horse lovers can help feed hungry horses by doing something horse lovers to do: shop!

According to a news story originally posted by British magazine Horse and Hound, the deaths of 40 horses–which occurred between March and June–residing on five different farms in Queensland, Australia, remain under investigation. Australian veterinarians have told reporters that they suspect the culprit is a tropical plant of, or related to, the species Crotalaria.

TheHorse.com’s Ask the Vet LIVE session on Healthy Barns/Stalls, held on Nov. 18, is now available for listening on demand. Discussion about what dealing with dangers might be present in barns, making stalls as healthy and safe as they should be for horses, maximizing air quality, and more were answered by veterinarians Erin Denney-Jones, DVM, owner of Florida Equine Veterinary …

The Miniature Horse recently reported missing (and possibly stolen) has been returned to the Oklahoma rescue where it was under care. The operator of the Blaze’s Tribute Equine Rescue reported the 18-year old, partially blind black and white miniature horse stallion missing from his corral on Nov. 25. The animal had been one of seven Minis placed in the rescue’s custody earlier last month in …

A recent study confirms that strains of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria in found in companion animals–including horses–resemble strains found in humans. According to Frances Moore, DVM, veterinary pathologist, and Sanjay Shukla, PhD, molecular microbiologist at Marshfield Labs and Marshfield Clinical Research Foundation in Marshfield, Wis., this means that …