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Readers Share Their Online Video Preferences

More than 400 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What length of videos would you like to see on TheHorse.com?”


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Hawaii Horse Expo to Benefit Horse Rescue Fund

The Hawaii Horse Expo 2009, sponsored in part by M?lama Lio, a Hawaiian horse magazine, is slated for Aug. 14-16 in Kailua-Kona and at the Kahilu Theatre and adjacent grounds in Waimea on Hawaii’s Big Island. Proceeds from the

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Best Biosecurity Boots, AAEP 2008


We’re all familiar with the medical/veterinary axiom: First do no harm. A recent Colorado State University (CSU) study extended this principle to biosecurity for ambulatory veterinarians: First, don’t bring any diseases into a patient’s

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Horses, Inmates Find Care, Comfort in Each Other

Pete Luce was a bundle of nerves the first time he stood next to a towering former racehorse, knowing he could be seriously injured or killed with one kick.

Months later, Luce moves easily among the 1-ton animals at a Virginia prison in a

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Cataracts in Foals

Horses can be born with cataracts due to developmental or heritable causes–known as congenital cataracts. Foals with cataracts often present very early in life, usually at 1 to 2 months of age. Typically, the owners will notice the whiteness in

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Oklahoma Equine Dentistry Bill Remains Controversial

Oklahomans who are not veterinarians will soon be able to float horses’ teeth without risking felony charges, now that Gov. Brad Henry signed SB 452 into law on Thursday.

SB 452 strips an amendment to the state’s Veterinary Practice Act of

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Researchers Examine Effects of Rider Stability

Austrian researchers have reported that the stability of a rider?s seat affects the forces acting on a horse?s back. Using an electronic pressure mat placed under a dressage saddle, scientists with the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna?s

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