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Animal Planet to Air ‘Jockeys’ TV Series

Lenny Shulman December 24, 2008

“Jockeys,” a TV series billed as a ‘docu-soap,’ will premiere on the Animal Planet channel Feb. 6 with a pair of 30-minute episodes. The program is a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of seven jockeys at work and home. Featured are riders Aaro

FEI Clean Sport Commission Moves Ahead

Edited Press Release December 24, 2008

FEI Anti-Doping and Medication Commission Chair Arne Ljungqvist, MD, PhD, FEI First Vice President Sven Holmberg, and FEI Secretary General Alexander McLin met Dec. 16 to plot the way forward for the FEI Clean Sport Commission, which was recentl

Fourth Stallion has CEM; Kentucky Farm and State Working Together

Erin Ryder December 23, 2008

A fourth stallion that formerly stood at a Central Kentucky breeding facility, now identified as DeGraff Stables/Liberty Farm Equine Reproduction Center LLC, has tested positive for contagious equine metritis (CEM). Officials had considered this

42 Horses Die in Minnesota Barn Fire

Jennifer Walker December 23, 2008

Sunday morning, Scot Stelter received the call that horse owners dread: the barn where six of his Quarter Horses were temporarily housed, along with 36 others, was on fire. The horses were trapped inside and died.

Tis the Season: Readers Share Their Holiday Spirits

Megan Arszman December 23, 2008

More than 900 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How do you, as a horse person, celebrate the holiday season?”

Group Effort to Rescue Horses Trapped in Snow Ongoing

Liz Brown December 23, 2008

Residents of British Columbia, Canada, have banded together to free two horses trapped by snow in the mountains near the community of McBride.

Snowmobilers discovered the horses last week near Mount Renshaw. The animals are extremely thin.

Barbaro Owners Donate to Track Charity

The Blood-Horse Staff December 23, 2008

Gretchen and Roy Jackson have donated $200,000 to the Belmont Child Care Association, it was announced Dec. 23.

Of the total donation, $150,000 is for the Lael Stable fund, earnings from which are to be used to provide early childhood

Teff Hay for Foundered Horses: A Good Fit?

Kathryn Watts, BS December 22, 2008

In California, teff is being called the “perfect grass for foundered horses.” But is teff hay always safe for horses that are intolerant of high-sugar forage?

ASPCA Offers Hay Supply Grants

Edited Press Release December 22, 2008

For 501c(3) equine rescue groups and sanctuaries that have been hit hard by rising hay prices, farm foreclosures, and uncooperative weather, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) offers

University of Kentucky Assists in CEM Investigation

Edited Press Release December 22, 2008

A 16-year-old Quarter Horse stallion residing in Kentucky tested positive for the causal agent of contagious equine metritis (CEM), a bacterium Taylorella equigenitalis, on Dec. 10 (

Norwegian Show Jumping Team to Lose Medals

Edited Press Release December 22, 2008

The panel of the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has rendered its final decision in the prohibited substance case involving the horse Camiro ridden by Tony Andre Hanse

New York Laws Designed to Protect Carriage Horses

Edited Press Release December 22, 2008

During the busy–and very often cold–holiday season, carriage horse rides seem to be a staple of tourist activity in New York City. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) would like the public to be aware of some

Qualification System for Youth Olympic Games Approved

Edited Press Release December 21, 2008

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the sports competitions programme for the first Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in Singapore in 2010, as well as the qualification system for each event.

Show jumping, the sole

Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration to Step Up Drug Tests

Megan Arszman December 21, 2008

The 2009 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration will see more drug tests pulled on competing horses, according to an article in The

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Fracture Repair Aided by Gelatin ‘Microspheres’ in Pilot Study

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc December 20, 2008

Japanese researchers have discovered that injecting specially designed “microspheres” containing basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) directly into the fetlock joints of horses with defects in their distal cannon bones results in enhanced bone

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CEM: Testing Continues, Officials Tracking Mares

Erin Ryder December 20, 2008

Following the Dec. 19 announcement that two additional stallions have cultured positive for contagious equine metritis (CEM) on a Central Kentucky breeding facility, authorities now have the challenge of not only determining the status of the

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