Latest News – The Horse

Breeders’ Cup Launches Zenyatta-Focused Website

The Breeders’ Cup announced Oct. 12 the launch of www.Zenyatta2010.com, a Zenyatta-focused website built in advance of the upcoming Breeders’ Cup World Championships Nov. 5-6 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., where she will attempt to become the first North American Thoroughbred to ever go 20-0. The site, which

Read More

A Great Ride

The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games have come to a close. As with any major event — a wedding, a huge project, even the

Read More

Thoroughbred Champion Pleasant Tap Dies

Champion racehorse and successful sire Pleasant Tap was euthanized Oct. 8 because of laminitis at William S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Ky. The 23-year-old son of Pleasant Colony is represented as a stallion by 53 stakes winners and the earners of more than $51.5 million. “We are saddened by the loss of Pleasant Tap,” Farish said. “He was an o

Read More

Understand PPID to Help Treat Endocrinopathic Laminitis

Because horses afflicted with equine Cushing’s disease often develop laminitis, advances in diagnosis and treatment of Cushing’s can help veterinarians better prevent and/or treat the laminitis that stems from it. Nora Grenager, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM, of the Steinbeck Country Equine Clinic, in Salinas, Calif., updated attendees on Cushing’s at the Sept. 17-18 Laminitis West Conference

Read More

EEE: Horses in Ohio and New York Euthanized

In what has been a long, hot, dry summer, more cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) have been confirmed in Ohio and New York recently. Two horses were euthanized in Ohio, bringing the total for EEE cases in that state to four. Williams and Sandusky counties each have had one case in the past couple of weeks, while Mercer County reported two cases earlier this year.

Read More

Charges Pending in North Carolina Cruelty Case

Animal welfare authorities have filed multiple animal cruelty warrants for a Thoroughbred horse breeder who allegedly maltreated 35 animals on property he leased in Davie County, N.C. Bob DeWitt, animal cruelty investigator for the Davie County Sheriff’s Department said the warrants were issued after county animal welfare authorities acting on a tip about the horses’ condi

Read More

Suit Seeks Halt to Colorado BLM Mustang Gather

A group of wild horse advocates has asked a federal judge to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from carrying out a scheduled mustang gather in Colorado on grounds that the roundup violates federal regulations. The agency plans to gather an estimated 138 wild horses residing outside of the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area southwest of Meeker, beginning Oct. 11, sai

Read More

Farewell WEG!

In the final week of the Games I managed to break away from the hospital and see some more of the competitions, which was an unexpected treat!

Read More

How Cool Is This?

We begin today’s post, on the final day of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, with a photograph: Now, if that

Read More

WEG: Wentz and Hart Represent U.S. in Para-Equestrian Dressage Freestyles

The second day of freestyle competition for the FEI World Para Dressage Championships got under way early Saturday morning (Oct. 9) with the Grade II and Grade Ib riders. Two riders from the Kentucky Equine Research U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team competed Saturday, both in the Grade II division. Jonathan Wentz was the first American to ride, guiding Kai

Read More

WEG: Le Jeune Rides To Gold In Show Jumping World Championships

After five days of competition, six different courses, and a total of 115 jumps, Belgium’s Philippe Le Jeune took home the gold medal in the Show Jumping World Championships, presented by Rolex, at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Aboard all four horses, including his Vigo D’Arsouilles, Le Jeune was the only rider to finish with 0 faults over tonight’s four rounds.

Read More

Readers’ Most Popular

Weekly Poll

sponsored by:

Stress can contribute to leaky gut syndrome. Which stressor is your horse most sensitive to?
84 votes · 84 answers
The Horse
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.