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The build-out for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) has reached less than a month to go, and construction crews have taken over the Kentucky Horse Park to prepare it for the 16-day event. Dozens of RV trailers have been moved into the Campground and will be used by grooms (equine caretakers) during the Games. The Groom’s Village will feature RVs, dining and oth

Everybody loves a good back scratch, including your horse, right? Scratching of the withers has been scientifically proven to reduce a horse’s heart rate, but a good scratch might not be enough to communicate to your horse that you’re happy with what he’s just learned and that you want him to do it again next time. According to new research by French equitation scienti

A California woman accused of misrepresenting horses she offered for sale on equine-related websites pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge under a plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles last week. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph N. Akrotirianakis said that between Nov. 2004 and June 2008, Trina Lee Kenney of Wrightwood, Calif., allegedly made false claims abo

Persistently lived up to her name when she wore down reigning Horse of the Year and odds-on choice Rachel Alexandra for a one-length victory in the $294,000 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 29. In an ironic twist, the winning 21-1 shot is trained by Shug McGaughey, who also conditioned the undefeated Personal Ensign for the Phipps family, who campaign homebred Persistently.

Prevent unwanted horses by gelding your stallion or by providing the event at which other horse owners can get their stallions gelded. The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s Operation Gelding will provide funds and materials to assist organizations, associations and events that sponsor clinics to which horse owners can bring th

Read about events surrounding a mare that lost her foal and a foal without a mother.

Disaster planning experts met Aug. 17 and 19 in San Diego, Calif., and at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine to set up a plan that includes animals in emergency response. Dozens of personnel from fire departments, animal control agencies, law enforcement, relief agencies and animal rescue groups reviewed and revised a document being drafted by the Califo

Results of a postmortem examination on Oki Doki have been released by the Equine Clinic of the University of Berne (Switzerland). The final report from the clinic states: “Oki Doki, Warmblood gelding, bay, born April 4, 1996

In the evening of July 20, 2010, Oki Doki died in the trailer on t