Latest News – The Horse

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District Office has asked motorists to be careful of wild horses and burros along our roadways, as the end of daylight saving time brings earlier darkness and lower visibility to southern Nevada.

Atypical myopathy is a highly fatal muscle disease caused by hypoglycin A, a toxin found in sycamore maple seeds.

Bayern outlasted Toast of New York and California Chrome in a thrilling stretch duel Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, California.

The colt will undergo surgery to repair a condylar fracture in his left front leg, trainer Mike Maker said late Friday.

“The surface has been very safe,” said Rick Arthur, DVM, equine medical director for the California Horse Racing Board.

Danish researchers recently observed that foals that watched their mothers calmly handle scary objects ended up being less fearful themselves.

Facing older rivals for the first time, Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Kentucky homebred daughter of Tapit scored by 1 1/4 lengths over Don’t Tell Sophia and Iotapa with jockey Rosie Napravnik aboard for trainer Steve Asmussen.

Nearly 300 previously affected premises in that state have been released from quarantine.

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held for the first time under reforms included in the National Uniform Medication Program.

The staff at UC Davis’ drug testing lab runs approximately 70,000 samples a year looking for evidence of performance-enhancing and other prohibited drugs.