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AAEP Convention Coming to San Diego in December
The 54th Annual Convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) will be held in San Diego, Calif., Dec. 6-10. This meeting will continue the group’s long history of providing unsurpassed professional development
Large Animal Emergency Rescue Training Offered in Kentucky
USRider and Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) are partnering for the fifth annual large animal emergency rescue training course. As with previous years’ training, specially trained demonstration animals will help provide realistic hands-on
Case Decision: Olympic Horse Cöster Disqualified
The panel of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has rendered its final decision in the prohibited substance case involving the horse Cöster ridden by Christian Ahlmann of Germany at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Ahlmann was suspended for a period of four months (120 days), which period began on the date of the application of the provisional suspension, Aug. 21, 2008, and
WEG Test Events to Start in July
The World Games 2010 Foundation will hold a series of test competitions to prepare for the 2010 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park.
The competitions will begin in 2009 and run through the 2010 Rolex
Slovenia Presents Queen Elizabeth II with Lipizzaner Stallion
Slovenia gave Britain’s queen a prized Lipizzaner stallion during her visit to this Alpine nation Wednesday–but she won’t be taking the horse home to meet the rest of the royal menagerie.
The 16-year-old horse, 085 Favory Canissa XXII, is
Case Decision: Olympic Horse C?ster Disqualified
The panel of the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal has rendered its final decision in the prohibited substance case involving the horse C?ster ridden by Christian Ahlmann of Germany at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Ahlmann was
Lloyd’s of London Continues University of Kentucky Vet Science Support
When Lloyd’s of London Underwriters, Brokers, and their Kentucky agents gathered recently at Keeneland race course to present a $45,000 check to the University of Kentucky, the event marked more than a quarter-century of financial support for the
Hurricane Damage: Houston Race Park Cancels Fall Meet
Sam Houston Race Park will cancel its 2008/2009 fall Thoroughbred meet due to damages sustained by the facility as a result of Hurricane Ike. The storm’s high winds and rainfall caused significant damage throughout the property including the
Princess Rooney to be Buried at Horse Park
When Princess Rooney won the 1984 Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Hollywood Park, she did it in grand style, by seven lengths, a full second faster than that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, Wild Again. As a result, she earned a permanent place on
Calgary Trailer Accident: Surviving Horses Returned to Origin
After 12 horses died Friday following a stock trailer accident in Calgary, Alberta, the remaining 32 horses have been returned to their point of origin in Bonnyville, according to Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada Chair Bill
California Family Pleads Not Guilty in Horse Abuse Case
Members of the California family accused of mistreating horses at their Ventura County Ranch pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of felony animal abuse/neglect at their Oct. 16 arraignment in Ventura Superior Court. Wendy Macfarlane
Readers Report Trends in This Year’s Hay Market
More than 1,900 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Have you purchased hay for the coming winter?”
Prices Down on Agricultural Commodities
Wheat prices have plummeted from historic highs to their lowest levels in 16 months amid the turmoil in the credit markets and huge wheat crops worldwide, analysts say.
The sell-off of commodity futures contracts began in earnest in
Oklahoma Health Sciences, AQHA Offer Health Screenings at World Show
The American Quarter Horse Association will partner with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center during this year’s AQHA World Championship Show. Together, the groups will provide free health screenings for professional horsemen and
Equine Telecardiology Progresses
When she put her stethoscope to his chest and heard what sounded like jungle drums thumping inside, she knew something wasn’t right. There was no cardiac murmur, jugular venous distension, or dependent edema. What was going on? And what would happen
Commentary: International Resources Help Working Equids
Working equids are the donkeys, mules, ponies, and horses that are integral to transporting of goods to market, plowing the land, and clearing brush and trees in most of the world. Even if roads were traversable and the terrain could accommodate
