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California Wine and Equine Tour at Cowboy Hideaway Ranch






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Beyond the Track: Retraining the Thoroughbred from Racehorse to Riding Horse






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Stolen Stallion Update: Capone Still Not Home

It’s been a long and frustrating six weeks for horse trainer Douglas Spink and the syndicate who own show-jumping stallion Capone 1. The stallion was allegedly stolen from his stable in Bellingham, Wash., on May 16.

While Spink says the

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Animal Welfare Group Tours Hong Kong Olympic Stables

Representatives of the Animal Welfare Advisory Group (AWAG) visited the Sha Tin and Beas River Olympic equestrian facilities in Hong Kong June 24.

“It’s very impressive,” said AWAG spokesperson Chan Pui-tin. “Before I came here I had a lot

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Missouri Horses Relocated in Face of Floods

Long before the Mississippi River threatened their properties, horse owners around Hannibal, Mo., were able to get their horses safely to higher ground, thanks to early warnings and help from neighbors.

“We’ve been fighting the Mississippi

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CEM Rule Amended for Entertainment Horses

The USDA has amended its import rules to allow noncompetitive entertainment horses to be temporarily brought into the U.S. from countries affected with contagious equine metritis (CEM), a venereal disease of horses. The final rule, titled

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Minnesota Equine Tooth Floaters Lose First Round

The Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine can continue to regulate the floating of horses’ teeth as the practice of veterinary medicine, according to the Fourth Judicial District Court for Hennepin County. In a 51-page decision rendered June 20

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Photo Series Shows Big Brown’s Belmont Shoe Trouble

Each day brings new entries in the “Brown Shoe Diaries.” The latest photos from the Belmont Stakes reveal Big Brown was stepped on by Guadalcanal leaving the gate, and that the shoe did not re-set itself during the race as previously thought; th

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Delaware Racing Group Makes Progress on Padded Whips

Approximately two and a half years ago, the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission began experimenting with changing jockeys’ whips to a more humane variety with an extended and padded “popper,” the portion of the whip that makes contact with the

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AAEP Supports Thoroughbred Safety Recommendations

The AAEP has endorsed the three initial recommendations of The Jockey Club’s Thoroughbred Safety Committee. The committee announced its recommendations June 17, including the elimination of steroids in race training and racing, a ban on toe

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WEG 2010 License Plate Planned

A specialty Kentucky license plate might soon be available in celebration of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.


In order for these plates to be produced, at least 900 applications and deposits must be submitted to the World

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First California Equine WNV Case of 2008 Reported

The first positive equine case of West Nile virus in California in 2008 has been reported in Riverside County. The affected horse, a 15-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, died.

West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that was first

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