Latest News – The Horse
Herpesvirus Confirmed in Wisconsin Horses; Two Euthanatized
Two horses in Jefferson County, Wisc., have been confirmed positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), according to a statement written by Scott Austin, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of the Wisconsin Equine Clinic, and released on the Wisconsin Horse Council
Tips to Reduce Ulcer Risk and Improve Healing
It’s been well-documented that over 90% of race horses and over 60% of performance horses (hunter/jumpers, dressage, endurance and western) have ulcers. However, a new study shows that even small changes in the routine of a recreational horse can cau
Three Groups Join Efforts on Equine Scholarships
Edited press release
The Kentucky Equine Education Project, Kentucky Horse Council, and the Race for Education have announced a joint effort to promote Kentucky’s equine scholarships.
While each organization will continue to award
Below-Zero Temps Hit Plains, Northeast
A bone-chilling Arctic cold wave with temperatures as low as 38 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday, halted some Amtrak service and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great
Barbaro: Unhappy Ending
Fairy tales are not supposed to have unhappy endings. Barbaro was to leave New Bolton Medical Center, walking soundly with his head held high, and live happily ever after. But Thoroughbreds, despite the fairy tales they inspire, live in a
Champion Mom’s Command Euthanatized at 24
Mom’s Command, champion 3-year-old filly of 1985, was quietly euthanatized in the early afternoon Feb. 3 at owner/breeder Peter Fuller’s Runnymede Farm in North Hampton, N.H., due to increasing infirmities related to age.
The 24-year-old
Horses Removed from Ga. Farm Friday
Georgia Department of Agriculture staff removed 67 horses Friday (Feb. 2) from Pike County out of concern for the animals’ health and safety.
The Department is in the process of removing the remaining 27 equine on the property.
KEEP Designates February as Fundraising and Membership Month
The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) has designated February as its fundraising and membership month. The organization hopes to receive funds or pledges totaling $850,000 during the month as well as renew its current memberships of more
American Farrier’s Association Convention Coming to Albuquerque
The American Farrier’s Association (AFA) will host the world’s largest gathering of professional farriers at its 36th Annual Convention, to be held February 27-March 3 in Albuquerque, N.M.
The convention will be held at the Albuquerque
UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team Rides to the Rescue
John Madigan, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, director of the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team, is a specialist in equine neonatology who has ventured beyond his field into the arena of disaster medicine and large animal rescue work. As a
Supporting Limb Laminitis: Learning How to Save Horses Such As Barbaro
Barbaro’s death might lead one to think that despite the best veterinary care available, horses with severe leg injuries and/or laminitis are unrecoverable and should be immediately destroyed. But one equine veterinarian says that couldn’t be further
Jockey Jose Santos Out Indefinitely After Three-Horse Accident
Jockey Jose Santos will be sidelined indefinitely because of injuries from a three-horse spill at Aqueduct.
Santos sustained spinal injuries, broken ribs and possibly a broken nose in Thursday’s accident. “It was bad, and Jose knew it was
Life-Size Seabiscuit Sculpture Coming to Horse’s Home Farm
After an absence of more than 55 years, a life-sized bronze sculpture of the legendary American racehorse Seabiscuit is coming back to its original home in northern California.
Workers in Salt Lake City and the San Francisco Bay Area
$1 Million Professorship Established for UK Equine Program
A $1 million endowed professorship has been established by the James Graham Brown Foundation and Research Challenge Trust Fund to honor Stanley Smith Dickson, a native Kentuckian with a multigenerational legacy in the state’s horse industry.
Rutger’s Annual Yearling Auction Scheduled for April 29
The 8th Annual NAERIC Yearling Auction to be held at Cook College holds promises of bright futures for twelve well-trained yearling horses. The eight geldings and four fillies have spent the past eight months as part of the Young Horse Teaching
Wyoming Wild Horse Sanctuary Problems Found
In a report by Phil Whilte of the Star-Tribune in Wyoming, a 23,000-acre ranch west of Laramie was found to have nine horses in below-average condition and one horse that could not rise and was euthanatized, according to a report from
