Latest News – The Horse
Horses Demonstrate Ability to Count in New Study
It’s no circus trick: researchers have shown that horses can count, despite 100 years of belief to the contrary.
By dropping apples one by one into two buckets, researchers determined that horses almost always chose the bucket with more apples, if the numbers were low (less than four). The horses chose randomly between buckets of four and six apples.
Summer Bird Fracture Repair a Success
Summer Bird, winner of the Belmont Stakes, Travers, and Jockey Club Gold Cup, underwent successful surgery to repair a nondisplaced fracture of his right fore cannon bone Dec. 4 and is expected to return to racing next year.
Summer Bird is considered the leading contender for the Eclipse Award as the top 3-year-old male.
Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz to Join AAEP Board of Directors
The American Association of Equine Practitioners will induct Colorado State University professor Josie Traub-Dargatz, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, to the AAEP board of directors at the 55th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nev.
Traub-Dargatz will serve a three-year term representing the Central District, which includes Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and K
Utah Practitioner Roger Rees Named AAEP Director at Large
Utah practitioner Roger Rees, DVM, will join the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ board of directors as a director at large during the 55th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nev. He will be sworn in with other new members of the board at the President’s Luncheon Dec. 8.
Rees is the founding partner of South Valley Animal Clinic, a referral and primary care clini
Barn Fire Horse Deaths Revised to 43
A harness track barn fire at a county fairgrounds in southwest Ohio early Saturday morning killed two people and an estimated 43 horses, The Associated Press reported. The initial number of equine fatalities was projected at more than 60.
Fire Capt. Krista Wyatt told the AP the barn roof had already collapsed by the time firefighters arrived at the Warren County Fairgrounds, about
Working Horse, Donkey, and Mule Welfare Examined in New Study
After collecting and analyzing five years’ worth of data on the welfare of working equids in developing countries, researchers have identified some factors associated with potential welfare issues and means of intervening and improving the welfare of the most susceptible animals can now be devised.
Since more than 85% of the world’s equids (estimated at 94 million) live in developing countries
John Henry Statue to be Unveiled at Santa Anita
A life-sized bronze statue of the legendary John Henry will be unveiled by his Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally at Santa Anita Park’s picturesque paddock gardens Dec. 26, opening day of the track’s 75th anniversary meet.
Harness Track Barn Fire Kills People, Horses
A Dec. 5 fire has ripped through a barn at a county fairgrounds in southwest Ohio, killing two people and about 60 horses.
The fire was reported about 5 a.m. Capt. Krista Wyatt of the Lebanon Fire Department said the barn roof had already collapsed by the time firefighters arrived at the Warren County Fairgrounds, about 25 miles northeast of Cincinnati.
The victims’
The American Pas de Deux Champions: Dressage Radio Episode 28
National Pas de Deux Champions, Ruth Sawin & Suzan Saylor, share the secret of their success with us, plus Chris and Lisa discuss the importance
Holiday Treats and Deals
If you’re like me you have plenty of holiday shopping left to do. In fact, the only “gift” I’ve purchased were some horse supplies for
Broodmare Diet Impacts Placenta and Colostrum
The diet you offer your gestating mare, particularly in the last trimester, can influence development of the placenta as well as the level of immunoglobulins (IgGs) in the colostrum, reports a research team from North Dakota and Texas.
“Foals subjected to external stimulants, such as reduced nutrient supply to the fetus, can have lasting effects on development including
Kentucky Horse Industry Losing Ground to Poultry
Kentucky’s slumping horse industry appears on pace to be overtaken by poultry farming as the king of the state’s agricultural sector, economists said Dec. 3. In a state where horses are a mainstay of the cultural and economic lifeblood, the new top perch for chickens in the pecking order of Kentucky agriculture once seemed unlikely. But the equine sector has been battered by deep recession
EHV-1: Florida Track Quarantines Fourth Barn
Calder Race Course Dec. 3 placed a fourth barn under quarantine after a track veterinarian determined that a horse in the barn was showing neurologic signs of illness.
John Marshall, Calder vice president and general manager of racing, said the clinical signs were similar to those of a horse that became ill at Calder over the Nov. 28-29 weekend and tested positive for equine herpesvirus-1
First Leptospirosis Abortions Reported in England
Diagnostic pathologists at the Animal Health Trust (AHT), Newmarket recently published the first report of equine abortions in England caused by leptospirosis.
Although horses in the UK have been exposed to Leptospira organisms, veterinarians there have not seen a lot of illness caused by the bacterium, explained report co-author Katherine Whitwell, BVSc, Dipl. ECVP, FRCVS.
Readers Discuss Non-Equid Barn Residents
More than 960 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What non-equids do you have living in/around your barn?”
Arabian Horse Art Exhibition Coming to KHP
The largest collection of Arabian equine art and artifacts will be on view to group tours when A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse is presented next summer, May 29-Oct. 15, 2010, in the Kentucky Horse Park’s International Museum of the Horse.
It will be on exhibit during the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at the park.
