Latest News – The Horse

The Kentucky Horse Park, site of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, today opened a major venue that organizers hope will secure the park’s standing as a leading equestrian facility.

The $45 million arena includes 5,700 stadium seats. The arena floor, equal in size to a football field, features footing designed specifically for equestrian use. Additionally, the Kentucky Horse

Alimentar caballos de alto rendimiento es un desafío. Si los requerimientos nutricionales se reúnen apropiadamente, el desempeño puede mejorar sobre los equinos que están alimentados con dietas desequilibradas o cantidades inadecuadas.

When an emergency or natural disaster occurs, horse owners must be prepared to take the necessary precautions. In some circumstances this requires evacuating the area.

Texas A&M University developed three video segments on sheltering and evacuating horses during a natural disaster or emergency situation.

Video Segments

Infectious diseases are a constant risk to the health and welfare of horses. Along with vaccination, preventive management techniques are critical to disease prevention.

Horse owners should:

• Develop a comprehensive biosecurity plan with a veterinarian and communicate it to all employees. This plan should include disinfection of stalls, barn equipment, and hors

It is significantly more painful for a horse to be branded with a hot iron than it is to receive a microchip transponder for identification purposes, researchers concluded in a new study. They also found pain from hot branding lasts for at least one week.

There is some debate about how best to identify horses, with many supporters claiming that branding is best, sometimes citing the lack

Intentionally approaching a wild horse in Currituck County, N.C., could get visitors in some serious trouble. On July 6, the Currituck County Board of Commissioners made it illegal to intentionally come anywhere within 50 feet of a wild horse.

The Wild Horse Ordinance, originally enacted in 1989, previously declared it only unlawful to lure a horse within 50 feet if the offender was

The title of President of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) was officially handed down today at the 2009 AVMA Convention in Seattle. James Cook, DVM, handed the title to Larry Corry, DVM.

Corry, a small-animal practitioner from Buford, Ga., becomes the 129th president of the AVMA.

Corry served 15 years in the AVMA House of Delegates, six years on the House Advisory

A new product designed to aid riders in achieving the perfect balance and alignment with their horse is now available. The Level Rider, a training tool developed by a team of non-pro NRHA, NRCHA, Youth and Amateur All-Around Competitors, maximizes riding time by helping the rider stay centered over the horse’s back. 

The Level Rider is comprised of a bubble lever attached to a

University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center’s Thomas Tobin, MRCVS, PhD, Dipl. ABT, was named co-recipient of the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) 2008 Industry Service Award at its annual meeting July 3 in Shepherdstown, W. Va.

The treatment and diagnosis of conditions affecting the equine eye will be the topic of the AAEP’s debut fall meeting, Focus on Ophthalmology, Oct. 1-3 in Raleigh, N.C.

Ocular trauma, infection, and disease can lead to some of the most expensive and devastating conditions in horses. Equine veterinarians treating sport, work or show horses must be well-versed in the diagnosis and field

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person or persons responsible for abandoning a 2-year-old mare in Meadow Canyon, Nev. The horse’s brand was cut from its body, leaving a large wound.

Nevada Agriculture Department Enforcement Officer Lt. Blaine Northrup reported

Have questions about parasite resistance and how to manage it on your farm?

On Tuesday, July 14, at 8 p.m. EDT, TheHorse.com will host a live question and answer session with Martin Nielsen, DVM, PhD, from the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, and Craig Reinemeyer, DVM, PhD of East Tennessee Clinical Research. This

An outrider horse competing in the GMC Rangeland Derby chuckwagon race at the Calgary Stampede in Alberta, Canada, died Friday following a pulmonary embolism.

The Thoroughbred was the second chuckwagon race horse to succumb to a cardiac issue, and the third to die at the event in six days. A chuckwagon team horse died from a cardiac episode following a race on July 1. On July