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A world record for a one-mile turf race was established at Monmouth Park June 6 when Colvin Green’s Mandurah won a starter handicap in 1:31.23 on a firm course at the New Jersey racetrack.

Trained by Grant Forster and ridden by Alex Solis, Mandurah, a 6-year-old gelding by A.P. Indy, took the lead at once and never looked back en route to an 8 1/2-length victory. He carried 1

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will be holding two additional public meetings on the animal disease traceability framework approach. The meetings will take place this month in Salt Lake City, Utah, and next month in Fort Worth, Texas. Additional meetings will be scheduled in the coming weeks.

In May 2010 USDA hosted three public meetings to discu

An increase in biting incidents at the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland has inspired a stricter policy toward visitors wishing to see the national park’s famous wild horses.

Visitors ignoring the dangers of dealing with any wild animal have caused a recurring problem in the past several years, according to Allison Turner, a biological technician at Assateague

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched the Safety Reporting Portal (SRP) website — www.safetyreporting.hhs.gov — allowing increased accessibility to submit reports concerning FDA-regulated products.

SRP allows even the concerned citizen to submit a safety report related to foods, drugs, and veterinary products.

Purina Horse Feed recently announced that Diana Schueller of Tulsa, Okla., is the grand prize winner of the 2009 HOW Horse Owner’s Workshop Sweepstakes.

“When I got the notification that I won, I was seriously in shock,” said Schueller. “I thought this can’t be happening. I never win anything.”

Schueller will receive a prize package including

The Jockey Club has announced its board of stewards voted June 4 to deny California residents Joan Bor, her son Ernie Bor, and his wife, Cecelia Bor, all privileges of “The American Stud Book” on a permanent basis effective Jan. 1, 2011. According to a statement from The Jockey Club, the action was taken because the three members of the Bor family were each fined and sen

The development of sarcoids–the most frequent of equine skin tumors–appears to have a genetic basis, and Swiss researchers are now honing in on the exact genes responsible for the disease. A new major study involving 222 horses yielded three chromosomal regions of the equine genome that could be further investigated for candidate genes responsible for sarcoids, according to Vend

WinStar Farm’s Drosselmeyer gave Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his first win in a Triple Crown race, as he wore down pacesetter First Dude and held off a late charge from Fly Down to win the $1 million Belmont Stakes under Mike Smith June 5.

Two horses at Lone Star Park have tested positive for Equine Piroplasmosis, a tick-borne disease caused by parasites that affects horses, donkeys, mules, and zebras. In addition, a third horse that left Lone Star and had been shipped to New Mexico also tested positive for the disease.

The first cases of vesicular stomatitis this year were reported in three horses in Cochise County, Ariz. Vesicular stomatitis is sporadically occurring virus that causes blister-like lesions in the mouth and on the dental pad, tongue, lips, nostrils, hooves, prepuce, and teats of livestock. The disease most frequently occurs during warmer months in the southwestern United States.