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Summertime temperatures are running wild across the United States this week, with Oklahoma hitting approximately 105 degrees F, which is leading a number of equine owners to study their horse’s heat tolerance with more than a little caution. Other than a general lack of enthusiasm and desire to move to shade, a normal well-acclimated horse should be able to handle Oklahoma

United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) officials have named the following horse-and-rider combinations in ranked order to the U.S. Show Jumping Team Short List for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, held Sept. 25-Oct. 10 in Lexington, Ky.:

More than 590 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Does your veterinarian recommend fecal egg count exams?”

Graded stakes winner Odysseus, a hot contender on this year’s Triple Crown trail, was euthanized Aug. 9 at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute near Lexington because of complications from laminitis while receiving treatment for colitis. The son of Malibu Moon hadn’t run since finishing unplaced in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes April 10 at Keeneland for Satish and Anne Sanan’s Padua S

Tattersalls will introduce a testing program for corticosteroids in yearlings during its sales this fall, according to the Racing Post.

The publication reported that the England-based auction firm has contacted sellers of all yearlings to inform them their horses “will be subject” to testing for the man-made drugs, which closely resemble cortisol (a hormone produc

In an eye-opening event, Mississippi State University researchers discovered that Quarter Horses diagnosed with the disease called hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA) not only have skin defects but also important eye abnormalities. HERDA is a recessive genetic disease of horses that results in fragile skin that tears easily and heals poorly. “Recent