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Genetic testing has shown Dunbars Gold, a 1996 brindle Quarter Horse stallion, to be an extremely rare chimera, an individual with two DNA types. Of the more than 4.7 million American Quarter Horses registered with AQHA (excluding appendix horses), the registration department has a list of only 15 horses who have exhibited some form of the brindle coat pattern.

On June 5-12 Pfizer Animal Health’s Adrian Haynie joined Perry Mobley, DVM, of Mobley Veterinary Clinic in Abbeville, Ala., on a veterinary mission trip to a Navajo Indian Reservation just outside Farmington, N.M. Mobley, Haynie, and members from Mobley’s church spent eight days traveling around the reservation educating the tribe on the importance of health care for animals and providing vaccinat

Wild horse advocates are seeking a federal court order to prevent the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from removing approximately 2,000 mustangs from the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area near Susanville, Calif. The gather is slated to begin in August. On July 15 attorneys Joseph Cotchette, Stuart Gross, William Spriggs, and Rachel Fazio filed the complaint in U.S. District Court fo

At dawn on July 24, nearly 200 riders from across the country and around the world will set out on a 100-mile riding adventure over California’s Sierra peaks. Some will race each other, and others will race the 24-hour clock that signals the end of event. Those finishing with sound horses, as judged by a Tevis vet, in the prescribed time win coveted Tevis Belt Buckles.

The USEF has added the following horse/rider combinations to the Short List for the 2010 Land Rover US Eventing Team to represent the United States at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky.

The Short List/Nominated Entry of 18 horse/rider combinations will be submitted to the FEI on August 16th. Phillip Dutton leads the way with five horses nominated, while

More than 460 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What time of day (or night) would be best for you to catch an online webinar or live chat event related to horse health care? (All times Eastern U.S.)”

Surgeons from Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine have given a facelift to a standard procedure that removes part of a horse’s penis secondary to damage or disease.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resumed its gather of horses from the Owyhee Herd Management Area in Elko County, Nev., on July 17, one day after a federal court judge rescinded a temporary restraining order that postponed the round-up earlier in the week. The agency began gathering horses from the Owyhee, Rock Creek, and Little Humboldt Herd Management Areas and into temporar

Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas has been awarded the American Horse Council’s 2010 Rolapp Award. Senator Lincoln is the Chair of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. “I am honored to receive this award and proud to serve as an advocate for our nation’s horse industry. As an Arkansan, I recognize the importance of the horse industry and the ro

If you’re a seasoned equestrian, you know how physically demanding and mentally challenging riding can be. Even if you’re a newcomer to the sport, it probably didn’t take you long to realize riding is much more than just sitting on a horse.