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New Hampshire Town Fends Off EEE
The town of Hudson recently canceled all nighttime sports, postponed a high school football game, and sprayed mosquito-killing insecticide to get rid of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
There’s just a few more weeks of bug season
West Nile Virus Detected in France
French veterinary officials have reported the confirmation of the country’s first equine West Nile virus (WNV) case in two years. The case was detected in Pyrenees-Orientales (southern France) on a farm located at Argeles-sur-mer.
There
The Golden Boy: Reflections on Champion Precisionist
California lost the golden boy of its golden age of horse racing Sept. 26 with the death of Precisionist at the age of 25 (click here for the story on his death). The champion was
Blood-Horse Publications Announces the Release of New Exclusively Equine Catalog
Blood-Horse Publications, parent company of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care and TheHorse.com, has announced that the holiday edition.
Woman Charged With Drunk Horse Riding
A northeast Georgia woman faces a drunk driving charge after riding a horse onto a highway, where she was hit by a car.
Authorities say 22-year-old Heather Darnell of Mountain City also was cited for entering a traffic lane. She remains
Chat Today With One of the Year’s Most Successful Thoroughbred Owners
Canadian-born and California-based J. Paul Reddam faces the possibility in less than a month of having as many as six runners in this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Reddam’s possibles for next month’s Breeders? Cup include Juvenile
Locomotion (Book Excerpt)
Locomotion is at the very heart of what most domesticated horses do for a living. The way a horse moves (specifically) often is taken for granted. Locomotion is directly linked to conformation as it dictates “the way a horse moves.”
Reward Offered In Tennessee Horse Shooting
The owners of two horses and a mule that were shot in Henderson County, Tenn., last weekend are offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter, reported the The Jackson Sun.
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Richardson Continues to be Pleased With Barbaro’s Progress; Cast Changed
Veterinarians changed Barbaro’s cast Monday, officials at the George D. Widener Hospital said today (Oct.10).
“We placed Barbaro under general anesthesia to remove the old cast on his right hind limb and took new radiographs to assess the
USDF Offering Sports Psychology Clinics
The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to announce that Jane Savoie, who has been a member of the United States Equestrian Team and a popular clinician and author, will be the clinician for the nine adult clinics
Veterinarians Turning to Alternative Treatments
Henry lay quietly on the mattress, listening to the women talking above him. For the last month, arthritis had crept steadily up his leg, to the point where every painful step looked more like a stumble.
”He’ll run after a tennis ball, but
1812 Re-enactor Healing from Riding Accident
A sheriff’s deputy said he’s walking again six weeks after breaking his pelvis during a re-enactment of a War of 1812 battle that was being filmed for the History Channel.
Howard County sheriff’s deputy Richard Ferguson, 47, said he lost
Racehorse Euthanatized After Oregon Spill; Jockeys Injured
Two jockeys who were thrown from their horses on opening day at Portland Meadows have been released from a Portland hospital, track officials said. One rider’s horse had to be euthanatized.
Jose Rivera Jr. was released Sunday night after
Kentucky Derby Museum on Mission to Find Missing Trophies
Like all good detectives, Joyce Trammell worked the phones, wrote letters, traveled and ran across a little bit of luck.
Trammell, a researcher for the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, Ky., was trying to find all of the missing
Racehorse Bolts, Drowns in Australia
Australia’s Herald Sun reported today that a Thoroughbred racehorse drowned after bolting, crashing through a racetrack railing, and
Game Ready Equine Adds Back Wrap to Product Line
Game Ready Equine has launched the highly-anticipated Back Wrap to round out its line of therapeutic products that use dry cold and active compression to help heal and prevent soft tissue injuries in horses. The Back Wrap from Game Ready
