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Derby Death Spurs Action by Thoroughbred Groups

In the wake of the fatal injury sustained by filly Eight Belles in the May 3 Kentucky Derby, The Jockey Club has commissioned a seven-member Thoroughbred Safety Committee, and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) board of directors

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Diagnostics for the Chronically Infertile Mare

The diagnosis and treatment of chronically infertile mares is a complex process. Practitioners should utilize the available diagnostics, including cultures and cytology, along with endoscopy, to root out the myriad causes of this problem and increase

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Alabama Horse Owners Can Learn More about Forage

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System will hold a hay and forage field day for horse owners on Saturday, June 7, in Morgan County.

The field day will begin at the Morgan County Extension office in Hartselle. Red Oak Farm in Danville will

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NBC to Rebroadcast Rolex Event

NBC has announced that it will re-air its coverage of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in its entirety on Saturday, May 24 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT. The initial airing of the program on May 4 had to be shortened when the National Hockey League

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Eight Belles Wristbands Benefit Rescue

Six days after Eight Belles’ catastrophic injury in the Kentucky Derby Presented, owner Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farms approved a wristband manufactured in memory of the gallant filly, with proceeds to benefit Midlantic Horse Rescue.

According

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Massachusetts Horse Cruelty Case Continued Again

While her owner ponders his legal options, Quincy, the lame 29-year-old mare at the center of a controversial animal cruelty case, remains in the care of an unnamed Massachusetts equine clinic.

“She’s as well as can be expected,” said

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Readers Respond: Take the Pain Away

Nearly 1,200 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What concerns do you have about short- and long-term pain management in horses?”


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Diagnostic and Surgical Arthroscopy in the Horse

Arthroscopic surgery, developed in the horse in the 1970s, is the keyhole technique by which surgery is performed on equine joints for traumatic injury, fractures within joints, soft tissue injury, and abnormal joint development in young horses,

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Seven Confirmed to Run in the Preakness

With the May 17 Preakness Stakes days away, the field set to test Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown continues to change as the connections of some of the top 3-year-olds weigh a start in the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown at Pimlico Race

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World Equestrian Games 2010, United Way Partnering

The World Games 2010 Foundation will partner with United Way of the Bluegrass for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.


As an official community partner, United Way of the Bluegrass will showcase Central Kentucky’s sense of community

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Animal Rights Groups Target Eight Belles’ Injury

In the wake of the death of the filly Eight Belles as she galloped out after the May 3 Kentucky Derby, animal rights organizations are publicly calling for changes–some of them drastic–for the horseracing industry.

The group People for th

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Cataracts in Horses

Cataracts have been found to be heritable in Belgians, Morgans, Thoroughbreds, Rocky Mountain Horses, and Quarter Horses. In other instances, cataracts can develop secondary to trauma or due to chronic inflammation from uveitis (moon blindness).

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Chelokee’s Surgery Goes ‘Very Well’

Chelokee, who dislocated his right front ankle May 2 at Churchill Downs, underwent surgery that “went very well” May 5 at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, according to Larry Bramlage, DVM, Dipl. ACVS. He added that “everything had

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Air Your Thoughts on Eight Belles

The Blood-Horse, sister publication to The Horse, has set up an open blog so that readers can share their thoughts on and memories of Eight Belles. It can be accessed through

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Vermont Firefighters Pull Horse From Well

Pittsford, Vt., firefighters rescued a horse that had fallen six or seven feet into an open well.

Fire Chief Tom Hooker said when firefighters arrived on Monday evening the animal was completely submerged in water.

Rescuers used a hose

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