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Spring Training: Getting Your Horse Ready to Ride
To prepare for warmer weather, you should start getting your horse ready by checking his feet.
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Congressman Criticizes Racehorse Drug Policy
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky opened a Feb. 27 congressional hearing on the use of steroids in sports by claiming leaders of horse racing have repeatedly failed on promises to self-regulate medication issues.
Whitfield, a Republican
Texas Horses Avoid Mass Wildfire Evacuations
As wildfires continue to skip across Texas, the blazes have not yet caused mass evacuations of horses in affected areas, emergency management officials said on Wednesday.
“We’ve had a number of fires over the past several weeks
Horseshoers, Veterinarians Inducted Into Halls of Fame
Four horseshoers and two equine veterinarians who have helped raise the level of care for horses feet have been inducted into the International Horseshoeing Hall of Fame and the International Equine Veterinarian Hall of Fame, respectively.
Readers Respond: Night Mare
More than 1,100 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How many nights annually do you spend in the barn with a sick or pregnant horse?”
Refund Deadlines Near for Tennessee Farm Cost Share Program
State Agriculture Commissioner Ken Givens is urging farmers approved for cost share assistance through the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) to make their purchases now in order to receive reimbursement.
The TAEP is a program t
Kentucky Casino Bill Fails to Pass
A Kentucky casino proposal continues to sit on Capitol Hill in Frankfort, as a bill for a constitutional amendment failed to pass out of committee Feb. 26.
An overflow of horse industry members packed into the Kentucky state capitol Feb. 26 to
23 Horses Seized from South Carolina Farm
One day after seizing 23 allegedly malnourished horses from an Eastover, S.C., pasture, investigators with the Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (HSPCA) were compiling paperwork to seek legal ownership of the
Wildfires Threaten Texas Horses
Monday night, reining horse breeder and trainer Dee Hertig watched a line of wildfires creep closer to her Young County, Texas, ranch. With 12 horses in the pasture, she and husband, Jack, had to think fast to come up with a plan to get their
SmartPak Presents Talk on Managing Hard Keepers
Horse owners gathered Feb. 20 at the SmartPak Retail Store in Natick, Mass., to hear a lecture on keeping weight on a hard keeper, presented by Lydia Gray, DVM, MA, medical director/staff veterinarian for SmartPak.
The followin
Timing of Steroid Study Could Impact Regulations
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) has funded a research project to study threshold levels and withdrawal times of four approved anabolic steroids. But the timing of the study, which should be completed by August, could make it
Baghdad Bans Horse Carts after Bombing
The Iraqi military indefinitely banned all motorcycles, bicycles, and hand-pushed and horse-drawn carts from Baghdad’s streets on Sunday, two days after a bomb hidden under a horse-drawn cart exploded downtown, killing three civilians.
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Airport Expanding in Anticipation of WEG 2010 Traffic
An expected surge of air traffic in conjunction with the 2010 FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games has expedited a $4 million expansion at the Georgetown-Scott County, Ky., Airport.
The expansion includes a ramp extension and a new terminal
Australian State Extends Flu-Free Zone
The area of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, declared free of equine influenza was expanded an additional 2,800 square miles last week. This change significantly eases the transport restrictions placed on thousands of horses, said Ian Macdonald,
Kentucky Horse Owners’ Help Hotline Launched
A network to connect resources, including hay, feed, veterinary care, and rescue facilities, with Kentucky horse owners in need was recently launched by several equine groups in the state.
Designed as a tool for all horse
