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‘People’s Court’ Decides Horse Dispute
“The People’s Court,” a television court show featuring real litigants, real cases, and real justice, was the setting for two Philadelphia Park Casino & Racetrack trainers to settle their dispute over an unpaid board bill in an episode that
Maximizing Fuel Economy When Hauling Horses
The use of heavy-duty vehicles to transport horses consumes more energy than most passenger cars. However, horse owners can take several steps to maximize their fuel economy.
“Horse owners can do their part to reduce their fuel consumption wit
Big Brown’s Owners Prepare to Open Belmont Equine Hospital
At the beginning of 2008, International Equine Acquisitions Holdings (IEAH) anticipated that its biggest event of the year would be the opening of the $17-million equine medical facility it built and funded a stone’s throw outside the gates of
Scientists: Arsenic Killed Phar Lap
Forensic scientists say champion Australian gelding Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning, solving a mystery that has intrigued the horse racing world for more than 75 years.
Phar Lap won 37 of his 51 starts before his death in mysterious
Midwest Flooding to Impact Corn Prices, Horse Feed
Just when horse owners became resigned to escalating corn prices due to ethanol demand, Midwest corn fields were swamped by floodwaters the Mississippi River’s banks just couldn’t contain.
Now with acres of corn fields deluged, growers and
Hearing Shows Thoroughbred Racing at Critical Point
Drugged equines, grisly catastrophic injuries, greedy breeders, damaged racehorses with nowhere to go, inaction and confusion, and industry leaders more concerned with holding onto power than doing the right thing–a congressional subcommittee
Healthy Horses Workshop: The Language of Gold
During the annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, one day is set aside for horse owners in the area to listen to experts in the field lecture and demonstrate on specific aspects involved in the overall wellness,
Horse Behavior: War on Punishment
Question from a reader:
I see the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has posted a statement from their American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB) about the use of punishment for behavior
Congress Debates Intervention into Racing Safety
Congress chided Big Brown’s trainer for a lack of manners and the horse racing industry for failing to do enough to regulate itself. Then it threatened to pass legislation that would make the sport safer.
Rick Dutrow’s no-show did not sit well
Readers Respond: Where’s the Hay?
Almost 1,300 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Are you having problems getting hay?”
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It tends to get lost in the shuffle because it’s not as sexy as anabolic steroids, race-fixing, or catastrophic breakdowns from a media perspective. But talk to people who work in the horse industry every day, and they’ll tell you the issue of As the House Subcommittee on Commerce and Consumer Protection prepared for a June 19 hearing on the horseracing industry, groups continued to weigh in on various issues, including use of anabolic steroids in racehorses. On June 18, the When levies failed and floodwaters put most of Cedar Rapids, Iowa under water, the Iowa Equestrian Center on the Kirkwood Community College campus became a temporary shelter for more than 700 displaced animals. But only eight of them are horses. Kentucky researchers report that roundworms and small strongyles, two common equine intestinal parasites, are developing resistance against most of the commercially available worming products. What’s worse, no new drugs against either of these Various kinds of trusts can be valuable estate planning tools, although trusts probably are not the cure-all for probate problems they sometimes are advertised to be. Nearly 90 horses remain under veterinarians’ care at undisclosed locations after officials removed them from the Equus Sanctuary in Pearblossom, Calif. “They were desperately in need of food and water,” said Michelle Roache, deput Readers’ Most PopularWeekly PollPartners in Equine Health
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