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Finger Lakes to Hold Retiring Racehorse Sale Saturday
The Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program (FLTAP) Inc. will be holding their fourth annual end of meet retiring race horse sale on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Finger Lakes Racetrack and the Purple Haze Center in
New Web Site Sends Rotational Deworming Reminders
Pfizer Animal Health recently launched two new Web sites that offer education on deworming topics, as well as the convenience of an online reminder system. RotationisKey.com allows horse
Good Grazing Starts with the Soil
Good pastures start at the root–and those roots need soil. The first step to managing pasture soils is using a soil survey to identify what you have. While you can’t change the inherent properties of your soils, with understanding you can manag
Barbaro Memorial Statue in Progress
Close your eyes for a minute. Imagine the scene. Barbaro is roaring down the stretch in his runaway victory in the 2006 Kentucky Derby.
All four legs off the ground, Barbaro is racing a couple paths off the rail with jockey Prado hunched
Equine Vet Tech Symposium Planned in January
Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center will host the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians’ Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium, scheduled for Jan. 8 through 11, 2009.
The symposium offers continuing education
Appeals Court Date Set in Grass Lake Horse Abuse Case
Lawyers on both sides of a long-running and controversial Michigan horse abuse case will argue whether or not felony charges against Matt Mercier and James Henderson, Jr., should be
Thoroughbred Broodmare Sells for Record Price
Even though we’re in the midst of a global financial crisis, a special horse can still bring a jaw-dropping amount.
Better Than Honour, the dam of back-to-back Belmont Stakes winners Jazil and Rags to Riches, set a world Thoroughbred auctio
Equine Industry Vision Award Nominations Deadline Set
The deadline date for nominations for the eighth annual Equine Industry Vision Award is on or before Feb. 2, 2009. Pfizer Animal Health sponsors the award in partnership with American Horse Publications (AHP). The award was developed to recogniz
FEI Asks Dressage Committee to Resign
The Executive Board of the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) has requested the immediate resignation of the entire FEI Dressage Committee, according to a statement posted Nov. 3 on the FEI Web site. The statement noted: “The FEI executive
Reward Offered for Information in California Horse Shooting Case
Michael and Marianne Rountree, the owners of a pair of tobiano Paint horses found shot and killed in their pasture, are offering a $20,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the capture of the horses’ assailant. The couple
$100,000 in Grants Awarded for Research on Equine-Assisted Therapy
Equine-assisted healing techniques for people diagnosed with autism and cerebral palsy will be scientifically tested in 2009 by two separate professional research teams, with the assistance of $100,000 in funding from the Horses and Humans
Rhodococcus equi: Saskatchewan Researchers Accept the Challenge
Ask Marianela Lopez, DVM, PhD, how long she has been studying Rhodococcus bacteria and she says, laughing, “Since I was born? Well, truthfully, since I began my PhD at Washington State University in 1996–it does seem a lifetime ago.”
Lopez is a member of a new team studying Rhodococcus equi infection of foals, supported by an award from the Heather Ryan and L. David Dubé
Tetanus Death Review Finds Correlation to Age, Vaccination Status
Young horses are more susceptible to the dangers of tetanus than their older counterparts and are at a greater risk of death due to the disease, according to recent study carried out by Belgian researchers at the University of Liege.
Their
Keeneland Thoroughbred Sale Faces Economic Hurdles
Consignors are steeling themselves and their clients for a significant downturn in the market at Keeneland’s breeding stock sale, which starts Nov. 3 in Lexington and runs for 15 days. But they also are hoping that the drop in prices will bring
Unwanted Thoroughbreds: A Challenge for Sellers
With the economy struggling and the buy-back/no bid rates at Thoroughbred auctions rising, the issue of unwanted horses is a growing concern. Antony Beck, president of Gainesway Farm in Lexington, decided to try to do something about it, by
Consider Vaccinating Horses Against Botulism
The recent deaths of approximately 100 horses in Florida in an apparent outbreak of equine botulism have highlighted the need for a better understanding of the causes of the dreaded disease, and how it can be prevented.
Haylage contaminated
