Horse advocate John A. Hettinger, a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Racing Association (Thoroughbreds) and Chairman Emeritus of the Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation, died Sept. 6 at his Akindale Farm in Pawling, N.Y., afte
Jennifer Mears lost Tuesday, her beloved buckskin mare, in the devastation caused by a deadly tornado that struck northern Colorado in May. But thanks to the quick thinking of doctors and researchers at Colorado State University and the help of
The equestrian competition of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games started this morning at Shatin Equestrian arena with a record number of participating riders.
A total of 73 riders from 28 delegations will vie in 11 dressage events. The
Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early Saturday at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could dump heavy rain from Virginia to New England.
The National Hurricane
Testing for anabolic steroids in racehorses in Kentucky will begin with the start of the Keeneland fall meet under emergency regulations signed by Gov. Steve Beshear Sept. 5.
The regulations, approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in
Rustin M. Moore, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, chair and professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, is the newest member of the American Association of Equine
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS) stated Sept. 5 that 18 Florida horses have now tested positive for equine piroplasmosis. These horses live on four
Eight Belles, who had to be euthanized on the Churchill Downs racetrack shortly after finishing second in this year’s Kentucky Derby, will be memorialized in a ceremony Sept. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Kentucky Derby Museum’s gardens.
The public is
The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) has received confirmation that the second (“B”) sample collected from the horse Rufus, ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil at the 2008 Olympic Games, has yielded a positive test result for the banned
The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) earlier this week launched a new Web site to cover the 2008 Paralympic equestrian events in Hong Kong. The site can be accessed at
Seventy-eight allegedly malnourished horses are currently residing in foster homes after animal welfare authorities removed them from their former home last week.
According to Finger Lakes Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t
From Charleston to Chincoteague, horse owners along the southern East Coast are battening down the hatches as Tropical Storm Hanna heads their way.
Vacillating between a strong tropical storm and a Category 1 hurricane, Hanna is expected to
Tropical Storm Hanna picked up speed Friday as it cruised toward the Carolinas, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.
Not far behind was
For anyone with a horse, it might come as no surprise that in recent years you?ve been seeing a
More than 2,100 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How many acres are there where your horse lives?”
In the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine and team members of the Equine Health Studies Program have developed a call center for the purpose of responding to the potential needs
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