Latest News – The Horse
Seized Chicago Carriage Horses Find Temporary Home in Suburbs
Six Chicago horses belonging to J.C. Cutters Ltd. carriage company were seized on Friday, Feb. 6, amid conflicting reports on the reason for–and questions on the legality of–the action. The horses were taken to Flanery Farms, a private boardin
AAEP 2008: Olympic Veterinary Care
What’s it like to be an equine veterinarian behind the scenes at the Olympic Games? Horse owners got to hear about the experience at the Healthy Horses Workshop of the 2008 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention (held Dec. 6-10
Florida Lab to Handle Kentucky Equine Drug Testing
The University of Florida Racing Laboratory has been selected to handle equine drug testing for Kentucky.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, on recommendation of the Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council, unanimously voted Feb. 10 to hir
Critically Ill Foals Saved by UF Equine Neonatal ICU
The foal unit is Florida’s only equine neonatal ICU that provides treatment by board-certified internists for critically ill foals and their dams, around-the-clock, 365 days a year.
AQHA Executive Vice President Stepping Down in March
The registration of more than 2 million of the now more than 5 million horses in the American Quarter Horse Association registry and a growth in membership numbers from 276,500 to more than 350,000 are examples of the success of the customer
Mustang Training Competitions, Adoptions Coming in April
The Extreme Mustang Makeover, a competition featuring mustangs, will debut at Lynn Palm’s Women LUV Horses event April 3-5 and will return to the Midwest Horse Fair for the second consecutive year April 17-19.
The Midwest Extreme Mustang
Michigan Appeals Court Reinstates Horse Torture Charges
The Michigan Court of Appeals has reinstated criminal charges in a case involving 69 horses in Jackson County. In a 12-page opinion released Feb. 3, a three-judge panel reinstated three felony counts of animal torture against Matt Mercier
Equasy? … Srsly?
Professor David Nutt, the UK’s chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs was trying to make a point about the relative harms
Florida Track Begins Project to Cool Barns
Calder Race Course said Feb. 9 it has begun application of a new elastomeric coating to 60 barn roofs in the track’s stable area, a project that will help reduce stable temperatures normally hiked by the South Florida sun.
Calder vice
Head Position Can Impact ‘Tie-Forward’ Assessment
How the horse’s head is positioned for radiographs (X rays) evaluating the efficacy of a tie-forward surgery can have a dramatic impact on the results, researchers from the United Kingdom report.
The laryngeal tie-forward
Australia Fires: Livestock Assessment Begins, Feed Needed
Recovery from the recent fires in the Australian state of Victoria is just beginning. The fires burned an estimated 850 square miles. According to the state’s Department of Primary Industries, Victoria produces around 26% of Australia’s
Unwanted Horse Group Offers Speakers for Equine Events
The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s (UHC) National Speaker Program is up and running. The UHC has volunteers across the country who might be able to attend your equine group’s event in order to present information from the Coalition. Any
Racing Group to Give $500K in Scholarships
The Race For Education will award more than $500,000 in scholarship money this year to young people in the equine industry, bringing the organization’s total scholarship awards to more than $2.5 million since its inception in 2002
Commentary: Track Regulatory Vet Asks ‘What If?’
“You know, Doc, that filly you scratched the other day? We X rayed that ankle, and she had the beginnings of a condylar fracture…”
I hear these words a few times each year when a trainer or private veterinarian is kind enough to give me a
Massachusetts Euthanasia Case: Of Pleas and Precedents
A defendant?s admission of sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilt on a criminal charge, such as one made by Elliot S. Saffran, a Massachusetts horse owner charged with animal cruelty, sounds a lot like a guilty plea. Unlike a guilty plea
Tart Cherry Juice May Reduce Muscle Damage
A recent human study has found that tart cherry juice blend (TCJB) had beneficial effects on exercising muscle. The objective was to determine if TCJB can lessen exercise-induced muscle damage in horses, as measured by serum enzymatic markers.
