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WEG Results: Show Jumping Qualifier
United States riders Mario Deslauriers, on Urico, and McLain Ward, on Sapphire, set the pace in the first leg of the team competition at the Rolex Jumping World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky. Their performance led the U.S. team to the top of the team rankings, with two more days of team jumping to go.
WEG Results: Team and Individual Eventing
It was back to Rolex Outdoor Stadium Sunday for the conclusion of the Eventing World Championships, presented by Reem Acra, where Germany’s Michael Jung (33.0) remained dominant and claimed the individual gold medal as Great Britain (139.4) took the team gold medal.
Canada jumped to the team silver medal (151.5), just ahead of New Zealand (154.8) in the bronze-meal position. The United State
Secretariat Hits the Big Screen in Lexington
In 1973, the great Secretariat propelled horse racing onto the covers of national magazines and on the evening newscasts as “Big Red” rolled through the Triple Crown, highlighted by his impressive 31-length Belmont Stakes romp. Now, 37 years later, Secretariat is again giving the racing industry a much-needed jolt as the horse’s exploits, as well as those of his conn
Deworming Horses: Can You Overdo It?
Can you overdo deworming?
Kentucky Horse Council to Partner with Normandy, France Horse Council
The relationships between the Kentucky equine industry and the Normandy equine industry will be strengthened when the Kentucky Horse Council and the Normandy Horse Council jointly announce an International Equine Cooperative Partnership between the two organizations on Oct. 8 during the World Equestrian Games. France will be the site of the 2014 World Equestrian Games, and Normand
Zenyatta Goes 19-0 in Preparation for Breeders’ Cup
Undefeated Zenyatta heads to Churchill Downs to defend her Breeders’ Cup Classic crown riding a 19-race streak of perfection. For the third time in her career, she three-peated in a major grade I race when she used her patented late charge to score a half-length triumph over Switch in Oak Tree’s $250,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes before 25,837 fans at Hollywood Park Oct. 2.
Do Navicular Bone Chips Cause Lameness?
Bone fragments are seen in lame and non-lame horses, it is difficult to determine if they’re clinically significant.
Holder Withdraws
US event rider Becky Holder has withdrawn Courageous Comet from the WEG competition before show jumping. He lost a front shoe on cross-country yesterday and
Report from the field
I caught up with Dr. Bonnie Barr, an equine internal medicine expert working as part of the Kentucky team taking care of World Equestrian Games
WEG: Alltech Recognizes First ‘A+’ Award Recipients; TheHorse.com’s Beckstett Honored
Today Alltech announced the first recipients of the Alltech ‘A+’ Award, established to honor creativity, passion, and excellence in equine journalism. The media contest was organized in partnership with American Horse Publications (AHP) and the International Alliance of Equestrian Journalists (IAEJ) and open to the members of both organizations.
Dr. Pearse Lyon
WEG: Germany’s Jung And Great Britain Claim Eventing Gold
It was back to Rolex Outdoor Stadium today for the conclusion of the Eventing World Championships, presented by Reem Acra, where Germany’s Michael Jung (33.0) remained dominant and claimed the individual gold medal as Great Britain (139.4) took the team gold medal at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.Canada jumped to the team silver medal (151.5), just ahead of New Z
WEG: Cross-Country Keeps Germany’s Jung Atop Eventing World Championships
As the day’s third-to-last starter, Germany’s Michael Jung and La Biosthetique-Sam FBW made the cross-country course look easy at the Eventing World Championships, presented by Reem Acra. The pair added nothing to their dressage penalty score of 33.00, to keep the lead they took Friday (Oct. 1) in the dressage phase at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Improve Digestion to Prevent Intestinal Upset in Sport Horses
One of the many factors that can affect a competition horse’s focus is intestinal upset–specifically impaction and spasmodic colic. Kyle Newman, PhD, of Venture Laboratories, explored how sport horse owners can help prevent these colic episodes in their equine athletes at the Veterinary Sport Horse Symposium, held Sept. 22-24 in Lexington, Ky. According to Newman, an increase
Look, Ma, I Finished!
Michael Etherington-Smith’s eventing cross-country course at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games didn’t produce any of those gut-wrenching, truly awful moments for which the
Dressage History Made at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
Edward Gal (NED) became a three-time world champion Friday night at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, following a 91.8 test on the famed Moorlands Totilas.
In the same pattern as the earlier Grand Prix Special, Great Britain’s Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris captured the silver and Steffen Peters secured bronze for the United States.
WEG: Veterinary Update on Eventing Horses after Cross Country
In addition to the injury suffered by Italian eventing horse Iman du Golfe today during the Cross-Country phase of the Eventing World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky., two more horses suffered injuries during the cross-country phase. Fernhill Clover Mist, ridden by Patricia Ryan (IRL), was injured today while competing in the cross-country phase.