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Horse Market Rebound Unlikely at Keeneland Thoroughbred Sale
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale was hammered last year by the global financial crisis, suffering alarming downturns of 45.5% in gross, 39% in average price, and 42.9% in median price after a record-setting run in 2007. This year, consignors and sale company officials are hoping that–at the very least–the declines will slow down, but the odds are against a rebound during the
Zenyatta Tops Horse of the Year Poll
Zenyatta has reclaimed the top spot in the final National Thoroughbred Racing Association poll of 2009.
The poll, which covers racing performances through Nov. 8, was released Nov. 9. Voters rated the horses on a scale of 10 down to one.
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Safety Net for Appaloosa Horses Established
In March 2009, the Appaloosa Horse Club members received an e-mail blast about a family with 80 Appaloosa horses they needed help finding homes for as they could no longer afford to feed them. Just two months later, two month-old Appaloosa fillies were dumped in Baker City, Ore.
"Appaloosa owners need to know that there are options and resources available to help find homes
Debbie McDonald on Moving Up Too Fast: Horse Tip Daily Episode 81
Olympic dressage rider Debbie McDonald is co-host of the Dressage Radio Show and does a tip of the week when she is on that show.
Jewell: PSSM Testing Tomorrow
Dr. Carol McLeod called yesterday afternoon to say yes, just as we’d suspected, Jewell’s muscle enzyme levels were high. We discussed options, and we decided
Part 8 of Marching Orders: The inmate finds out what happened
On Thursday in Part 7 of this excerpt from the new book Equine ER, Marching Orders, the stoic Thoroughbred with the big heart, died on
Study: Horse Manure Storage Conditions Impact Fecal Egg Counts
Environmental conditions during collection and storage of equine fecal samples impact the resulting fecal egg counts (FECs), report parasitologists from both Denmark and the United States.
"Due to the concern regarding anthelmintic resistance in horses, counting strongylid eggs in equine fecal samples pre- and post-deworming has become an important tool in screening for dru
225 Free Horses Placed via Adoption Listings on TheHorse.com
In a little more than a year, 225 Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds have found new homes via their free listings on TheHorse.com's adoption service.
The service is a bulletin board on which owners can list any Thoroughbred or Standardbred offered for free to a good home. It also features resources on horse adoption.
Trotter Mr. Muscleman Joins Horse Park Hall of Champions
The Kentucky-born trotter Mr. Muscleman, a winner of $3,582,823, has a new home at the Kentucky Horse Park. He arrived on October 16, and will take up residence in the Hall of Champions along with the other breed ambassadors. The 9-year-old Standardbred was foaled at Brittany Farms in Versailles, Ky.
"The Kentucky Horse Park is considered 'hallowed ground' in the
AVMA Pushing Vet School Loan Repayment Aid
"Congratulations, you've finally earned your veterinary degree. Here's a bill for $130,000."
Veterinary school graduates are entering the profession today with educational debt that resembles an average mortgage in the United States. What a graduation gift.
With average educational debt approaching the estimated $136,000 average of a U.S. home
U.K. Pony Euthanized After Fireworks Injury
A pony in Dartford, U.K., had to be put down Friday morning after he panicked and crashed into a lamppost during fireworks, Horse and Hound reported. The 5-year-old gelding was found lying in the road after police received reports of a pony galloping around the area.
Horse of the Year: Rachel or Zenyatta?
The much anticipated race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta? Well, it's on, but only on paper. Horse racing's top two ladies will duke it out among voters for Horse of the Year honors after never meeting on the track.
Each of them have stellar credentials in trying to become the first female to win the year-end honor since Azeri in 2002.
Rachel Alexandra
Name an Assateague Island Wild Foal
Naming rights to a wild Assateague Island foal will be auctioned online starting Nov. 8. This is the second auction organized by the Assateague Island Alliance.
The four foals will be placed in the Assateague Island Alliance's Foster Horse Program for adoption with the names chosen by the auction winners. There are only four chances to win, so participants must act
Jennie Brannigan on the Secret to a Really White Tail: Horse Tip Daily Episode 80
Jennie Brannigan is a young, up and coming international eventer who works out of Phillip Dutton’s barn in Pennsylvania. Jennie is one of the new
Giguère Receives Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Applied Equine Research Award
Steeve Giguère, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, a University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine professor and the Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair in Equine Studies, recently received the Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Applied Equine Research Award for his research achievements.
The award was presented at the 11th World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA)
Colorado State Vet Teaching Hospital Unveils New PET/CT Scanner
A ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 2 marked the unveiling of a new PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) scanner at the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital that is the first of its kind in any hospital in the world and the only PET/CT scanner dedicated to serving the needs of veterinary patients. The scanner is specially tailored for veterinary
