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The Barbaro Effect: A Better Life for Horses
Nobiz Like Shobiz. Scat Daddy. Curlin. Circular Quay.
As the countdown begins to the Kentucky Derby, these colts and a half dozen other hopefuls will be publicized, scrutinized and handicapped all the way to post time on May 5 at Churchill
Drunken Man Parks Horse in Bank Foyer
FEI Drug Testing More Horses
Press Release
April 24, 2007
In 2006 the FEI set a new mark for numbers of horses drug tested, as well as the number of events covered. In total, the FEI tested 3,173 horses. There were 1,500 tests conducted in 1996, meaning the number of tests has doubled in 10 years. University of Pennsylvania Vet School Announces New Award
Press Release
April 24, 2007
The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has announced the launch of a veterinary medicine award that was designed to recognize innovation, creativity, and leadership in the veterinary profession anywhere in the world. Regulators Consider Anabolic Steroid Limits
Ryan Conley
April 24, 2007
A model rule that limits anabolic steroid use to four approved substances was unanimously passed in a committee hearing of the Racing Commissioners International annual conference April 23, highlighting the opening-day morning session of the Merv Griffin To Be Thursday’s Guest On Bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horses”
The Blood-Horse Staff
April 24, 2007
Join legendary entertainer/entrepreneur and Thoroughbred owner and breeder Merv Griffin for Thursday?s edition of bloodhorse.com ?Talkin? Horses? sponsored by Equine Oxygen Therapy. Griffin will be the special guest live online at World Games 2010 Foundation Hires Marketing Coordinator
Press Release
April 23, 2007
The World Games 2010 Foundation, Inc., the organization responsible for preparing and putting on the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010, has announced that Crystal Bennett has been hired as Marketing Coordinator. Bennett West Nile Virus: Delaware Residents Asked to Report Dead Birds to State
Press Release
April 23, 2007
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Mosquito Control Section is again asking for the public’s help in monitoring West Nile virus (WNV) by reporting sick or dead wild birds that might have contracted the virus Rolex: Lexington Equine Hospitals to Provide Educational Events
Edited Press Release
April 23, 2007
The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington this week (April 26-29), and two area equine hospitals will be presenting veterinary lectures, demonstrations, and tours for spectators looking to get some Online Horse and Rider First Aid Course to Benefit AAEP Foundation
Press Release
April 23, 2007
EquineU.com has teamed up with the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation and will be donating a portion of the proceeds from sales of their online course on horse and rider first aid to the Foundation, as well as Featherlite Unveils Enhanced Horse Trailers
Edited Press Release
April 23, 2007
Transforming its entire horse trailer product line, Featherlite has announced the beginning of a new partnership with Sierra Custom Interiors and has introduced its new ‘wave’ side panels, which notably alter the exterior look. The new ‘wave’ USEF, Platinum Performance Announce Partnership
Press Release
April 22, 2007
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has formed a multi-year partnership with Platinum Performance, Inc., a California manufacturer of nutritional products for horses, companion animals, and humans. Platinum Performance will be the La Ville Rouge Foals Full Brother to Barbaro
The Blood-Horse Staff
April 22, 2007
La Ville Rouge, the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, foaled a full brother to the late Classic-winning colt April 19. According to a release from Dr. John and Alice Chandler’s Mill Ridge Farm near Lexington, where the mare is kept, Horse Euthanatized after Keeneland Fall
The Associated Press
April 22, 2007
Racey Dreamer, representing the year’s leading jockey, trainer and owner in steeplechase racing, was euthanatized Friday, as Mixed Up went on to win the $150,000 Royal Chase at Keeneland. Racey Dreamer, an 8-year-old son of A.P. Indy, BLM Plans Wild Horse Auction in Helena on June 16
The Associated Press
April 22, 2007
The Bureau of Land Management plans to auction 30 to 40 wild horses and 10 wild burros at the Helena, Mont., fairgrounds on June 16. The BLM auctions wild horses and burros captured on federal lands in the West. An estimated 32,000 wild horses New Madrid Fault: Earthquakes in Kentucky
Equine Disease Quarterly
April 22, 2007
An earthquake at the New Madrid Fault along the central Mississippi River Valley would devastate horse farms. Readers’ Most PopularWeekly Poll |
