Latest News – The Horse
Badminton Horse Trials Cancelled
The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (CCI****) were cancelled March 10 due to the foot and mouth outbreak. The event was to be held May 3-6.
The land at Badminton used for the horse trials is grazed by 500 deer, 1000 sheep, and a
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Foal Adoption Program Offered by Ryerss
In September of this year, Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines will offer its third annual NAERIC (North American Equine Ranching Information Council) Foal Adoption Program. A representative from Ryerss will travel to a PMU ranch in North Dakota to purchase
Australia Bans EU Horses
Australia placed a ban today (March 14) on all imports of animals susceptible to foot and mouth disease and their products, from the European Union and from any country in which foot and mouth disease is endemic or in which there is an outbreak.
Disease Hampers British Horse Movement
Representatives from 27 British equine organizations met in London on March 1 to discuss the potential for spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD), which affects only cloven-hooved animals. The disease was discovered in pigs at a slaughterhouse i
New Slate of Research Projects to Be Launched
A dozen new equine research projects will be launched soon as a result of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation’s latest allocation of funds. The Foundation’s board of directors met in Florida on Feb. 26 and approved 11 new projects. The
FMD Hampers Bristish Horse Movement
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease has interrupted race meets and horse transport in Great Britain and Ireland. Foot and mouth disease is an acute, highly contagious, viral infection of domestic and wild cloven-hooved animals. Horses are
AHSA Releases Submission to USOC
The American Horse Shows Association, Inc. (AHSA) today (March 2) publicly released its submission to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Membership and Credentials Committee.
In commenting on its summary presentation to the
AHSA Approves Budget Supplement
A special meeting of the American Horse Shows Association (AHSA) Executive Committee was held late on Feb. 22. Its members voted to approve a supplement to the 2001 budget of approximately $3.5 million, immediately responding to any threat to
Is Your Horse Enrolled In A Wellness Program
A wellness program for your horse will save you time, money, and most of all the headache of worrying if you’re doing the right things at the right time. But with all the sources of horse health care information available today, how do you decid
The Equine Spine–Back To Work
First, how can we visualize and understand what’s going on under that hair, skin, and muscle? Denoix has diagnostic steps to examine a horse with performance problems that he believes might stem from the spine.
Conditioning the Older Horse
What are the effects of advancing years on athletic performance?
Baby Teeth
Perhaps one of the most neglected aspects of equine health, until a problem manifests itself, is the monitoring and care of a young horse’s baby teeth. After all, they are only temporary and are shed at various stages to make way for permanent
Umbilical Hernias
Q: I am currently looking at a filly to purchase. She had an umbilical hernia, which the owner had repaired. I was wondering if this is a heritable condition. What is the likelihood that if this filly was used for breeding purposes in the future
Equine Vacations: Let’s Go Ride!
"You can have the best of both worlds," is how Karen May of the North Fork Guest Ranch described a ranch vacation for horse people. "It’s riding with all the amenities. You can ride and enjoy seeing different country on
The Trouble With Twins
Breeders should endeavor to remove one of the twin embryos early in pregnancy.
