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Racehorses and other performance horses occasionally succumb to cardiac death during or after exertion, and in most cases equine researchers are at a loss as to why.

At the conclusion of the 2010 Tevis Cup awards banquet, The Fury, an 8-year-old Arabian gelding ridden by Garrett Ford, Durango, Colo., was named the James Ben Ali Haggin Cup winner.

A Flour Bluff, Texas, woman hopes the offer of a $4,000 cash reward will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for shooting her 16-year-old Quarter Horse while he grazed in his pasture.

Video files for each public session at the third Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, held June 28 and 29 at Keeneland Race Course, in Lexington, Ky., are now available for download

A Nevada wild horse advocate has again asked a federal court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) forbidding the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to gather animals from the Rock Creek and Little Humboldt Horse Management Areas in northwestern Elko County. The request is the second one sought to stop the gathers put before the court this month.

Rachel Alexandra’s trainer Steve Asmussen said that he and co-owner Jess Jackson would soon sit down soon to discuss what’s next for the reigning Horse of the Year after her facile victory in the Lady’s Secret Stakes on a hot and humid day at Monmouth Park July 24. The 4-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro arrived back at her current home base at Saratoga Race

Isoxsuprine is most frequently used in horses for the management of navicular disease and laminitis although it is not a universally accepted treatment.

John Crandell and Heraldic won their second Tevis Cup at 10:14 p.m. (unofficial) yesterday when the 12-year-old bay Arabian gelding cantered across the white chalk finish line to the cheers of nearly 200 endurance racing enthusiasts in Auburn, Calif. The 100-mile event started Saturday at dawn near Lake Tahoe.

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Rachel Alexandra did what the fans at Monmouth Park came to see her do–win the $412,000 Lady’s Secret. But unlike what many expected, it was not a walkover for the reigning Horse of the Year, as she was made to work by pacesetter Queen Martha, who was game all the way before finishing three lengths short. Facing six rivals–none of them with a graded stakes win to their

Foals have a better chance of surviving dystocia if the mare is taken to an equine hospital as soon as the prolonged delivery is recognized, said Katherine Cole MacGillivray, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM, of Haygard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., at the ACVIM Forum 2010 veterinary meeting held in Anaheim, Calif. Dystocia is usually defined as stage-2 labor (delivery of the foal)

Sound-Eklin digital imaging company introduced the new Axxent Veterinary Electronic Brachytherapy System that will make it easier to perform radiation treatment in horses with tumors.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) this week reported a 7-month old horse from Middleborough was diagnosed with Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Infection was confirmed by the William Hinton State Laboratory Institute on July 23. The colt developed clinical signs on July 20, his condition deteriorated very rapidly, and he was euthanized on July 21.

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Scott Blasi has been close to Rachel Alexandra ever since Steve Asmussen took over training the filly in May 2009. As Asmussen's main assistant, Blasi has traveled with the champion, supervised her exercise, and has watched her grow up the past 14 months. So when Blasi says Rachel Alexandra is better than ever, he knows what he's talking about.

"I feel great abo