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Texas’ history is closely intertwined with that of the American Quarter Horse, beginning with Steel Dust, one of the forebears of the state’s more than 470,000 American Quarter Horses. In the early days, the horses were used to help settle the wild and wooly territory. Ranchers used them to round up livestock and move them to market, as well as for a little match racing on the weekends.
The inaugural running of the U.S. Steeplechase Championships will take place Saturday, Oct. 17. The event will consist of 12 races contested for $700,000 in purse money at two different race meets on the steeplechase schedule: the Far Hills Race Meet in Far Hills, N.J., and the International Gold Cup at Great Meadows in The Plains, Va.
The National Steeplechase Association (NSA) has
Do you ever feel like your horse might be watching your every move? He very well might be, according to a new behavior study by British scientists. Their research indicates that horses are highly sensitive to the attention we attribute to them, including our gaze.
In a series of tests involving 36 horses and ponies aged 10 months to 38 years, two humans stood motionless in a paddock, eac
The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) isn’t yet revealing its findings, but on August 14 it announced the completion of its investigation into doping allegations involving riders and officials of the German Equestrian Federation (German FN).
The German FN disbanded its jumping, eventing, and dressage teams May 28 following a wave of suspensions for doping or forbidden-substance
Working donkeys, horses, and mules in Xinjiang, China, are on the receiving end of care and guidance provided through a project by Urumqi University, the World Society for the Protection of Animals, and the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA).
The Hendra virus tests on 25 horses at a Cawarral, Queensland, property, as well as nine others that left the property, continue to return negative results. Three horses on the property died in late July and early August. Two of the dead horses were confirmed positive for Hendra, a potentially zoonotic virus that has only occurred in Australia.
Biosecurity Queensland acting Chief
Florida continues to lead the United States in the number of cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a mosquito-borne disease that had mortality rate of around 90% in horses.
As of Aug. 11, Florida had reported 48 cases. Other Southern states reporting cases
Big Brown, the 2008 champion 3-year-old male and winner of that year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, started back under tack Monday morning Aug. 17 at Robert N. Clay’s Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky.
The farm typically exercises the majority of its stallions by galloping them a mile and a quarter under tack six days a week on its quarter-mile training track. This regimen
Vaccination against Japanese encephalitis might mitigate West Nile virus (WNV) infection in some horses, said a group of researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Animal Health in a recent paper.
Outbreaks of WNV have been reported in many countries, including the United States, but it has not yet been detected in most
Horse breeder Ernest Paragallo, who was banned from racing after 177 allegedly malnourished horses were seized in a raid of his upstate New York farm, has been arraigned on 35 counts of animal cruelty.
Paragallo appeared Tuesday before Judge George Pulver Jr. in Greene County Court but didn’t enter a plea. The case was adjourned for 45 days. Paragallo remains free on $5,000 bail and has
Following a brief procedure to correct a breathing problem, Mine That Bird, winner of the Kentucky Derby, departed the Ruffian Equine Medical Center shortly after noon Tuesday Aug. 18 to return to Saratoga and continue preparations for the 140th running of the $1-million Shadwell Travers Stakes Aug. 29.
“It was as smooth as silk,” trainer Chip Woolley said of the procedure performed by
A horse residing in Harford County, Md., was euthanized and tested positive for rabies, resulting in a 45-day quarantine of the farm.
Around July 13, owners of the horse began to notice drastic changes in the horse’s behavior and gait. A large animal veterinarian examined the animal and suspected rabies.
The horse was then sent to the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton
Come and ride the history!
Wyoming offers open spaces, plains, mountains and some great Western history! Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Johnson County wars, Tom Horn and others! Having ridden the Outlaw Trail Ride© guiding up to 100 guests from the Hole-in-the-Wall (the Wild Bunches hideout) across Wyoming for several years, this new ride is smaller and provides an opportunity to
Surfacing Resources, LLC, a leading supplier and installer of quality rubber flooring for the equine industry, is proud to announce the addition of Red Barn mats to our product line.
Red Barn has manufactured high quality, 100% non-absorbent, vulcanized rubber mats for over 40 years. With 3 mat sizes to choose from (4’x6’, 4’x8’ and 5’x7’), we can accommodate a wider variety of stall
Neurectomy of the deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve resulted in a “profound” atrophy of the muscular portion of the proximal suspensory ligament reports researchers in the Equine Veterinary Journal.
The surgical procedure is routinely performed for the management of inflammation of the proximal suspensory ligament (proximal suspensory desmitis). Multiple retrospective
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