Presque Isle Downs, which plans to open Sept. 1 for its inaugural Thoroughbred meet, will have a synthetic surface, and a decision on the manufacturer could be finalized by the end of April.
Presque Isle, located near Erie, Pa., opened
Officials in Belgrade are making plans to sedate as many as 300 racehorses during a Rolling Stones concert booked at a racecourse, Reuters
A New Zealand racehorse trainer who supplied horses to the late British Queen Mother has been suspended for three months for switching horses in a trials race, New Zealand newspapers reported Tuesday.
Kim Clotworthy, who trains in
Pergolide mesylate, a drug commonly used to treat pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), also known as equine Cushing’s disease, has been withdrawn for human use. The FDA made this announcement March 29. Since that time, horse owners and
Radar, a 22-year-old Quarter Horse at a private stable in Glenelg, Md., looks good for his age. He looks even better when you consider that two years ago he was given a 50/50 chance of survival when stricken with the neurologic form of equine
Representatives from ViaGen will speak about the science of equine cloning and answer questions on the subject at this year’s Western States Horse Expo, June 8-10 at the Cal Expo in Sacramento, Calif.
ViaGen, a livestock cloning compan
Equestrian sports fans around the world will be able to watch the 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Farnam, as it happens.
This year’s Rolex Kentucky CCI****, returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., April
Equine orthopedic surgeon Larry Bramlage, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, discussed equine health and safety issues during an NTRA Road to the Triple Crown teleconference April 17
Bramlage, who will be serving as the American Association of Equine
The Humane Society of the United States has praised the work of the Oregon Senate and House in passing Oregon’s Animals in Disaster legislation (S.B. 570) yesterday (April 16). The House voted 53 to 5 in favor of the bill.
The HSUS is now
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRA) has appointed Lafe Nichols, DVM, of Henderson, Ky., as Kentucky’s chief racing veterinarian. The chief veterinarian oversees a staff that ensures all racing in Kentucky complies with equine medical
Our attention has recently been captured by reports of numerous outbreaks of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) neurologic disease at racetracks, show venues, clinics, and boarding stables across the country. Questions about the neuropathogenic
Florida Derby runner-up Notional suffered non-displaced condylar fracture of his left front ankle Saturday morning at Keeneland and will not run in the Kentucky Derby, owner J. Paul Reddam said.
Reddam said the son of In Excess came off
How do you top a $1,000 cocktail made with exotic ingredients from around the world and served on one day in one place, the Kentucky Derby?
Easy. Toss in a slew of past Derby winners–including sentimental favorite Barbaro–a Christie’s
The American Horse Council (AHC) selected the Larkin State Park Trail in Southbury, Oxford, Naugatuck and Waterbury, Conn., as the first AHC Featured Riding Trail.
The AHC Featured Riding Trail program is part of a new section on the
People were evacuated from flooded homes Monday and hundreds of thousands had no electricity as a fierce nor’easter drenched the Northeast with record rainfall.
Residents in at least one New York City neighborhood paddled through streets in
Figuerola has supported clinical research, development and testing for selective lines of therapeutic and sports nutraceuticals for people of all ages, their companion animals, and their horses.
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