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Steven Spielberg has chosen to direct “War Horse,” a story about a boy and his horse set during World War I, according to Variety. Disney and DreamWorks are planning to release the movie Aug. 10, 2011.

Michael Morpurgo wrote the book War Horse, which follows a farm horse named Joey who is sold to the British army through war battles as the boy who loves him tries to reun

Eight equine organizations have signed on in support of the American Horse Council’s National Welfare Code of Practice. The Welfare Code outlines in generic terms what it means for an organization to be committed to the responsible breeding, training, care, use, enjoyment, transport, and retirement of horses.

The latest groups to support the National Welfare Code are the Arabi

In a letter to veterinarians dated April 28, Brett Whitehead, Director, Equine and Ag Retail Business, of Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health, encouraged practitioners to return all PreveNile vaccine. The recall was initiated after an increased incidence in the number of adverse events following vaccination with currently marketed serials of PreveNile.

The company noted in the

Costas Georgakopoulos, PhD, and his colleagues in Greece are working to create technologies that enable officials to quickly discover whether athletes–animals or people–are using illegal substances or exceeding the allowable levels of legal medications.

“The fight between laboratories and dopers is a continuous war,” he told The Horse. “The trend is to make

Super Saver, with Calvin Borel up, wins the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). WinStar Farm’s homebred son of Maria’s Mon gives trainer Todd Pletcher his first Derby win.

A horse was euthanized after being diagnosed with rabies in Massachusetts, according to Enterprisenews.com. Veterinarian Bruce Chase diagnosed the horse, who had not been vaccinated and had been exposed to a rabid skunk, according to public health offici

What started as a simple training exercise in Independence, Kan., turned into a two-mile chase involving five police officers, two highway patrolmen, concerned citizens, a horse-drawn wedding carriage, and Rocky, an 1,800-pound, 7-year-old Belgian gelding.

Before Rocky was captured on the grounds of a local high school with no injuries to horse or people, the carriage collided wit

An Ohio woman has been found guilty on more than 40 counts of second-degree misdemeanor animal cruelty for maltreating Arabian horses on her Oak Harbor farm. An Ottawa County Municipal Court jury returned the verdicts April 30.

Animal welfare authorities charged Robin Vess with 42 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty in February after discovering 37 animals living in filth without food or w

More than 200 horses were evacuated from Williamson County, Tenn., farms this weekend as more than 13 inches of rain fell within 24 hours in the rural county south of Nashville.

Owners began transporting their horses to the Williamson County Agriculture Center in Franklin on May 2, when heavy rains threatened to flood their farms, said Agricultural Center Director Kenny Wallace.

David Llewellyn, president and founder of Wyvern International Ltd., the exclusive worldwide distributor of Thoroughbred horse racing from Australia, has been named the 20th recipient of the University of Louisville’s John W. Galbreath Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship in the Equine Industry.

The Galbreath Award, first given in 1990, is a project of U of L’s Equine In

Is your farm violating state regulations? How can you safely and effectively dispose of manure? Is beet pulp a good feed choice for your horse? Penn State Cooperative Extension is offering a series of Equine Environmental Stewardship short courses and workshops to address these questions as well as other management concerns of horse owners.

The curriculum consists of pasture, weed