Latest News – The Horse
Three Horses Mauled by Dog at Md. Farm
At least one dog mauled three horses at a farm, and the most severely injured, a miniature foal, may not survive, authorities and the horses’ owner said.
A loose pit bull was captured in the rural area after the attack, and its owners had
“Houdini” Pony Tracks Down Owner
The BBC reports that an 18-year-old Welsh cob pony, “Basil,” recently escaped from his new home and “hot hoofed three miles in the dark” back to the farm
Locomotion (Book Excerpt)
Locomotion is at the very heart of what most domesticated horses do for a living. The way a horse moves (specifically) often is taken for granted. Locomotion is directly linked to conformation as it dictates “the way a horse moves.”
Chat Today With One of the Year’s Most Successful Thoroughbred Owners
Canadian-born and California-based J. Paul Reddam faces the possibility in less than a month of having as many as six runners in this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Reddam’s possibles for next month’s Breeders? Cup include Juvenile
Woman Charged With Drunk Horse Riding
A northeast Georgia woman faces a drunk driving charge after riding a horse onto a highway, where she was hit by a car.
Authorities say 22-year-old Heather Darnell of Mountain City also was cited for entering a traffic lane. She remains
Blood-Horse Publications Announces the Release of New Exclusively Equine Catalog
Blood-Horse Publications, parent company of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care and TheHorse.com, has announced that the holiday edition.
The Golden Boy: Reflections on Champion Precisionist
California lost the golden boy of its golden age of horse racing Sept. 26 with the death of Precisionist at the age of 25 (click here for the story on his death). The champion was
West Nile Virus Detected in France
French veterinary officials have reported the confirmation of the country’s first equine West Nile virus (WNV) case in two years. The case was detected in Pyrenees-Orientales (southern France) on a farm located at Argeles-sur-mer.
There
New Hampshire Town Fends Off EEE
The town of Hudson recently canceled all nighttime sports, postponed a high school football game, and sprayed mosquito-killing insecticide to get rid of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
There’s just a few more weeks of bug season
Vet-Stem Secures Exclusive Veterinary Rights for Fat Derived Stem Cells
Vet-Stem, Inc., has announced that a license agreement with the University of California has been completed which secures Vet-Stem’s exclusive rights to stem cells derived from fat for veterinary use.
The veterinary rights for stem cells
Hyperhydration and Cross Country Day
How much hydration is enough, and how much is excessive? Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently found that hyperhydrating (giving extra fluids to) equine athletes before a simulated cross country day of a three-da
Kentucky Equine Drug Council Forms Testing Partnership with RMTC
The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council has allotted $1.5 million over three years to partner with the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium on a research project to determine withdrawal guidelines and threshold levels of therapeutic
Game Ready Equine Adds Back Wrap to Product Line
Game Ready Equine has launched the highly-anticipated Back Wrap to round out its line of therapeutic products that use dry cold and active compression to help heal and prevent soft tissue injuries in horses. The Back Wrap from Game Ready
Racehorse Bolts, Drowns in Australia
Australia’s Herald Sun reported today that a Thoroughbred racehorse drowned after bolting, crashing through a racetrack railing, and
Kentucky Derby Museum on Mission to Find Missing Trophies
Like all good detectives, Joyce Trammell worked the phones, wrote letters, traveled and ran across a little bit of luck.
Trammell, a researcher for the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, Ky., was trying to find all of the missing
Racehorse Euthanatized After Oregon Spill; Jockeys Injured
Two jockeys who were thrown from their horses on opening day at Portland Meadows have been released from a Portland hospital, track officials said. One rider’s horse had to be euthanatized.
Jose Rivera Jr. was released Sunday night after
