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Alltech Fortnight Music Festival in Kentucky; Sounds Like Fun!
Alltech, title sponosor of the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, also is heavily involved in supporting the arts. So it’s not surprising that Alltech founder
Back in the Saddle
After bidding a fond farewell to Mount Juliet–I’m coming back–we headed to Co Wicklow for a second trekking adventure with Glendalough Equestrian Center. The
YouTube Tourist Video of Horse vs. Car on Highway–Everyone Okay
Apparently some tourists were in Isreal when loose horses were running down a road. They took this video of a collision when one of the
Research in Horses Shows Parasite that Causes Babesiosis Can Be Eliminated
Many countries in the world outside of the United States are home to the parasite Babesia caballi, which can cause illness or death in horses. Some infected horses might recover and become inapparent carriers of the parasite.
According to a recent study high doses of imidocarb dipropionate eliminated the parasite Babesia caballi in infected horses.
B. caballi cause
Answer the Phone! Readers Dial Up Their Cell Phones
About 900 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What type of mobile device do you use?”
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Thoroughbred breeder Ernest Paragallo, whose farm in upstate New York became the center of allegations over animal neglect claims, was indicted today by a grand jury on 35 counts of animal cruelty. The indictment, stemming from an April raid by State Police and animal protection officers from the Columbia-Green Humane Society, adds 13 new counts to the 22 counts Paragallo had already The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) banned its president’s husband–Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed–from riding in endurance races for six months after his horse twice failed doping tests. Sheikh Mohammed accepted the suspension based on his horse Tahhan’s positive tests for a hypertension drug and the steroid stanozolol, equestrian’s governing body said Monday. “Consistent When West Nile virus (WNV) made its march from East Coast to West Coast starting in late 1999, California was one of the last states to be struck by the disease. In the past couple of years, California has one of the the highest rates of West Nile virus problems in the country, and it now has recorded its first horse death for 2009 due to the disease, which is spread by In an article on thenorthernecho.co.uk comes a report of a valuable show horse that was attacked in his field and cut by a knife in County Durham, United Kingdom. The article quoted the police as saying, “This was a vicious, deliberate, senseless attack on a defenseless Endometritis, an inflammation of the interior lining of the uterus, continues to be a major cause of subfertility or infertility in the mare. There are many diagnostic tools that have been developed to determine if a mare has endometritis. These include ultrasonography, examination of the cervix with a speculum, examining vaginal discharge, uterine culture, cytology of the uterus, an Advances in cytogenetic analyses using high-tech DNA-based assays have enabled researchers to look at reproductive disorders from a genetic standpoint. The inaugural Equestrian Australia Para-Equestrian National Championships will now be held at Sydney International Equestrian Centre (SIEC), Horsley Park, Sept. 23-26. This is a change from the original venue of Dubbo. The event is the first-ever Para-Equestrian Championships under the auspices of Equestrian Australia. International Judge Alison King (HGK) will head the Judges’ panel While the sightseeing has been grand, I was really looking forward to the trekking–there’s something uniquely thrilling about seeing fresh scenery between the ears of "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." So starts Daphne DuMaurier’s novel, Rebecca, a tale in which the setting, a fictional estate called Even if you aren’t a Thoroughbred racing fan, you would be hard-pressed not to have heard of the great racehorse Secretariat. I know his owner, Today: New video: A tour de horse! What readers are saying about Equine ER. Next week: New book excerpt featuring Dr. Larry Bramlage, the "Bono" Readers’ Most PopularWeekly Poll |
