Latest News – The Horse

Neuromuscular diseases, which affect the function of muscles and the way they interact with the nervous system, can lead to performance issues, said Kelsey A. Hart, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, internal medicine clinician and graduate fellow at the University of Georgia’s department of large animal medicine, at the recent American Veterinary Medical Association meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

A Kentucky Horse Racing Commission committee is considering changes to the state’s Breeders’ Incentive Fund, money for which comes from a 6% sales tax on stud fees. The committee met Oct. 21 to toss around ideas and devise a plan to better market the fund, which paid about $15 million in awards to Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds, and other breeds of horses in 2008. The money

The University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center has received a $1 million leadership gift from Gail Riepe of Cockeysville, Md., toward the $17 million required to build a state-of-the-art equine surgical suite at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals. Riepe is a 1968 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is part of a loyal Penn family. Her father, husban

Advances in nutrition and medicine are allowing our equine companions to live longer than ever. But for the average horse owner that also means more years worrying about colic; and the older the horse, the greater the risk.

The FEI announced today that all urine samples taken from athletes competing at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games have tested negative for prohibited substances. The announcement comes just one week after the FEI revealed that all equine blood and urine samples were also free of prohibited substances. “Clean sport is one of the FEI’s major goals,” FEI Presi

More than 100 dignitaries, alumni, donors and students gathered on Oct. 10 to celebrate the groundbreaking for a new equine center wing, the first-ever addition to the University of Louisville College of Business. The two-story, eco-friendly 7245 sq. ft. addition will cost $3.38 million and will include a green roof and sky garden. “Today we expand the college’

The operator of an online database that tracks animal abuse cases nationwide is offering to help animal welfare authorities in New York develop the nation’s first registry for convicted animal abusers. Earlier this month, lawmakers in Suffolk County, N.Y., unanimously passed IR 1879, a bill that establishes an online animal abuser registry similar to databases containing infor

When it comes to horse management, “experience is the best teacher.” According to a recent study by Swedish researchers, experienced staff might help protect your horse against orthopaedic injuries. The study tried to ascertain which horses at riding schools suffered fewer orthopaedic injuries. The researchers examined 99 horses at eight riding schools that carried life

Statistics from The Jockey Club for the 2010 breeding season show that the number of stallions that serviced mares fell 9.3% and the number of mares bred fell 10.5% when compared to the same period a year ago.