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Olympics: Anky Wins Third Consecutive Dressage Individual Gold

Dutch equestrian Anky Van Grunsven claimed her third consecutive individual gold medal in Hong Kong tonight (Tuesday). Lying second, but only 0.24% behind Germany’s Isabell Werth after Saturday’s Grand Prix Special, the Dutch star came into her

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Safety Net for California’s Ex-Racehorses in the Works

Look in the winner’s circle after any offspring of Unusual Heat wins a race and you’ll likely see a petite, brown-haired woman hugging the jockey, high-fiving the trainer, or congratulating the owner. Madeline Auerbach fiercely champions her former

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Missouri Vets Report Surge in Potomac Horse Fever Cases

Potomac horse fever, a potentially fatal disease, has been reported among horses in the St. Louis, Mo., area in unusually high numbers. Philip Johnson, BVSc, MRCVS, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, a veterinarian at the University of Missouri College of

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The Olympic Veterinary Clinic: It’s All in the Details

Olympic veterinary services manager Christopher Riggs, BVSc, PhD, DEO, DipECVS, MRCVS, led a group of foreign media representatives through the impressive Olympic veterinary clinic and facilities at the Sha Tin Racecourse, host to all competitio

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Four More Florida Horses Positive for Piroplasmosis

From a Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry release:

Testing performed on samples from horses on the index premises in Manatee County, Fla., have indicated that four additional horses

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Take a Tour of the Olympic Stables


Members of the foreign press were invited to tour the Olympic stables. Access was limited and we didn’t get to see all of the stable blocks (we were assured they’re all identical), but we got a glimpse of life inside the famously

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U.S. Show Jumping Team Captures Gold


A first individual qualifying round that produced mostly clear, clean rounds might have lulled the jumper riders into a false sense of security at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong.

There were few penalty-free rounds Aug.17, the firs

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Rescue Operator Pleads Guilty to Cruelty Charge

Alesha Matchett, the woman accused of starving 16 horses at the Colorado animal rescue she once operated, has plead guilty to one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty under a plea agreement entered in Larimer County District court last week.

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Derby Winner Genuine Risk Dies, Age 31

Genuine Risk, one of only three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby, died the morning of Aug. 18 in her paddock at Bertram and Diana Firestone’s Newstead Farm near Upperville, Va.

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Possible Beet Pulp Shortage Reported in Eastern U.S.

A lack of plain beet pulp in several East Coast feed stores is fueling some speculation that a shortage could be in the works.

Beet pulp is a byproduct from the process of extracting simple sugars from sugar beets for the manufacture of

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Olympic Riders Give Footing Rave Reviews

Like a sieve. That’s how riders are describing the footing and underlying drainage system at the main competition arena at the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Sha Tin Racecourse. To handle the massive rains that inundate this part of the world on a

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