Latest News – The Horse

In an effort to show that Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) does not exist or is at very low levels in the US equine horse population, the USDA is offering lower-cost testing to owners of active breeding stallions through August. It is part of a nationwide survey, with the goal of sampling 3,000 stallions.

Conducted under the auspices of the USDA Animal and Plant and Health Inspect

All’s well that ends well, and so it is for Cherrios, a pony who tumbled 50 feet deep into a well on May 18 and is cheerfully running around again today with his pasturemates. “He’s a very playful pony, and he probably accidentally got bumped over the edge when playing with the other pony in the field,” said a riding instructor and tour guide at the Ferme Equestr

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program is partnering with the hunter/jumper shows at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington to offer special Thoroughbred-only classes this summer.

The program’s mission to transition, re-train, and re-home retired racehorses continues to grow and expand. This year the program had a positive response when they reached out to the upcoming Country

Equine welfare advocates from around the country gathered this week in Nashville to discuss horse rescue outreach at the fourth annual conference of the Homes for Horses Coalition (HHC). Sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the conference attracted more than 40 individuals representing 25 equine welfare organizations from 18 stat

A mutation in the gene called myosin Va (MYO5A) is responsible for Lavender Foal Syndrome (LFS), reported a group of researchers from Cornell University and The Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center.

First-time horse breeders Wilem and Tineka Vos, of Paris, Ontario, Canada, had to do a double-take when their Clydesdale mare gave birth just over two weeks ago. At about 5:30 a.m. on April 29, Wilem went out to the barn to see a filly on the ground and a colt in the process of being delivered by their mare, Bonnie.

Seven horses belonging to a Spring Hill, Tenn., riding academy are recovering after ingesting hay contaminated with botulism. Four other animals were euthanized at the scene as a result of botulism poisoning. The surviving horses were transported to the Tennessee Equine Hospital in Thompson’s Station for treatment.

Botulism is an anaerobic bacteria that produces a toxin that w

A new documentary called “John Henry: a Steel Driving Racehorse” has been rolled out by Open Sky Entertainment, in cooperation with Launchpad Releasing.

Anyone who slaughters a horse and sells its meat for human consumption in Florida now faces criminal felony charges under a new measure signed into law by Gov. Charlie Crist on May 14.