Earlier this month, Gulfstream Park announced its pledge to donate $10,000 to a pair of National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Charities–Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
The Jockeys Fund was
Two horses in Long County, Ga., have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The Coastal Health District is encouraging all horse owners in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh Counties to vaccinat
Two equine rescue operators are revamping their fundraising policies after learning about unauthorized fundraising activities taking place on their behalf.
The situation came to light June 3, when Tawnee Preisner, vice president of
The association of poison hemlock with the death of Socrates in ancient Greece in 399 B.C. provides a glimpse of the toxic history of this plant. Two decades ago an aggressive search was required before a specimen could be found in Arkansas, but no
As September 2010 and the opening of the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky steadily approach, the American Saddlebred Museum is preparing for the arrival of the world at our front door. The museum plans to showcase the American
Horse owners throughout the Commonwealth will have the opportunity to network and discuss horse community issues through a series of listening sessions conducted by the Kentucky Horse Council (KHC). Aptly named The Horsemen’s Dialogue:
A 7-year-old Quarter Horse gelding in Jackson County, Mo., is positive for equine piroplasmosis, according to a report issued to the World Organization for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties, or OIE) by John Clifford, DVM,
Days End Farm is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with its biggest family fun day ever. The group has rescued more than 1,200 horses from neglect and abuse since it was founded in 1989.
Features of the 20th Anniversary Carnival will include a
Maternal nutrition and early foal nutrition could impact the development of the organs and systems that control energy metabolism later in life, suggest the authors of a recent research report. “In other species, it has been demonstrated
Dunkirk, a brave second to Summer Bird in the June 6 Belmont, continues to recuperate nicely in his stall from surgery to insert a screw in a non-displaced condylar fracture in his left rear cannon bone.
The surgery was performed June
A horse in Starr County, Texas, has been reported as the nation’s first case of vesicular stomatitis in 2009, according to a notice released by the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC).
Approximately 1,270 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Which two vaccinations do you feel are most important?”
