Latest News – The Horse

A week after Thoroughbred trainer Rick Dutrow filed an appeal over the 30-day suspension handed out by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for a clenbuterol positive in the spring of 2008, the Franklin, Ky., Circuit Court issued him a stay.

Dutrow appealed the suspension July 15. His attorney, Frank Becker, sent a report July 21 that confirmed his client had been granted the stay, which

Team USA’s Aaron Ralston made history when he entered the ring as the first athlete ever to compete in the Kentucky Horse Park’s new indoor arena in Kentucky Cup Reining, the first test event for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG).

“I really didn’t realize it was happening until afterwards, and then it opened my eyes and it really started to sink in,” Ralston said. “To be

Originally known for its no-slip english and western saddle pads, ThinLine Inc. announces an expanded tack line, including halters, dressage bridles, jumping and dressage girths, and western cinches.

ThinLine’s new line of tack resembles leather, but offers more benefits for the horse’s health and comfort. The expanded line was designed with the ThinLine no-slip technology, keeping

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising horse owners to discard feed purchased at a Florence, Ky., feed store because it could be contaminated. The agency issued the advisory on Monday when U.S. Marshals seized $24,000 in livestock food products from the Bi-County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association Inc.

The FDA inspectors discovered live and dead mice and

New data shows tapeworm prevalence on West Coast farms as 17.3% in California, 36.5% in Oregon and 25.3% in Washington. A 2003 study in equine parasitology by Craig Reinemeyer, DVM, PhD, of East Tennessee Clinical Research, uncovered the high prevalence of equine tapeworms throughout the United States. That original study indicated a lower risk of tapeworm exposure on the Pacific Coast

In an effort to provide a basic guideline for minimum horse care requirements, the Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) recently developed an eight page educational guide called Minimum Standards for Equine Care in Kentucky. The guide is a free resource offered for educational purposes to horse owners, potential horse owners, law enforcement officials, and all horse interested individuals.

U.S. marshals have seized horse and livestock feed stored under “filthy” conditions at the Bi-County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association Inc. in Florence, Ky., according to a statement released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Bi-County manufactures feed and stores commercial feeds.

“The FDA will not tolerate a company’s failure to adequately control and prevent filth in its

Law enforcement authorities in Florida are investigating the death of another horse apparently butchered for its meat.

Miami-Dade County Police discovered the horse’s carcass July 19 after an anonymous tipster reported it lying near a roadway. The flesh from the horse’s sides had been removed and its neck was mutilated.

The incident is the latest among a

Most horses are now safe from forest fires that have been burning west of Kelowna, British Columbia, thanks to the efforts of the Kelowna SPCA, the B.C. Interior Horse Rescue, and the Canadian Disaster Animal Response Team.

The fires drove more than 11,000 people from their homes over the weekend, while several thousand more remain on evacuation alert.

“It’s a bit of a stand-down

Charges connected to the alleged theft and abuse of a barrel horse remain pending until prosecutors can verify facts surrounding the case.

The horse was competing in the Fort Pierre Rodeo when it was taken from the Stanley County Fair Grounds on July 5. Sheriff’s deputies later recovered the horse in a corral elsewhere

Elmer Bandit, the 38-year-old Half-Arabian who broke the record for lifetime competitive mileage last October, added another 20 miles to his record July 18 when he completed one day of the Cedar Creek competitive trail ride near Columbia, Mo.

Elmer’s owner and rider Mary Anna Wood entered him in a shorter, slower class that still required a 4 mph pace over the rocky hills of the Mark

Tea Tree Medicated Shampoo by Espree Animal Products Inc., is an effective anti-fungal, anti-bacterial shampoo containing the natural ingredients of Tea Tree Oil and Aloe. 

Tea Tree Medicated Shampoo aids in the relief of multiple skin ailments including bacteria, fungus, dry skin, bug bites, and rain rot.  It may also be used as an all-purpose shampoo to maintain a healthy

A University of Guelph researcher has been awarded a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship worth more than $1 million over three years to advance research on the use of stem cells to treat cartilage injuries in horses.

The fellowship will allow Thomas Koch, DVM, PhD, to continue the work he began as a graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Sciences using stem cells obtained from

Most horse owners have happy memories of trotting down a tree-shaded lane, riding along a stream of clear water, or cantering across an open field. Nature and horses just go together.

“Taking steps to protect the environment can improve your horse’s health as well,” said University of Guelph researcher Bronwynne Wilton, PhD. “More and more horse people are interested in ‘going green,’