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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

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.

The cases of mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) that Lexington, Ky., experienced in 2001 were a symptom of many issues converging, according to laboratory medicine specialist Jennifer Taylor of Melbourne, Australia. Taylor presented her findings in a seminar at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center on June 30.

A life-size bronze statue of Seabiscuit and his jockey, George “The Iceman” Woolf, was unveiled July 17 at the Remington Carriage Museum in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. Woolf, one of the greatest riders of his era who died soon after a spill on the clubhouse turn at Santa Anita Jan. 13, 1946, was a native of Cardston.

The statue, by Lethbridge artist Don Toney, was commissioned by ranchers Jac

When a horse has a skin problem, most people reach for the steroid creams. However, because the creams are topical, many people don’t realize they can have systemic effects on a horse. A recent study showed that a course of topical dexamethasone affects many of the horse’s hormones, including insulin, glucose, and triglycerides.

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.

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.)”

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

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.

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

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation recently received two contributions totaling $19,600 from the Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA). The donations were designated by Pin Oak Stud and Darley Stud from the TCA’s 2009 sale of stallion seasons. One donation, in the amount of $14,800, was made in support of the foundation’s core mission of funding research benefitin