The owner of 74 horses seized from a Sharpsburg, Md., farm in December 2006, was sentenced to five years of probation today, NBC
A woman who went for a horseback ride through town at midnight and allegedly used the horse to ram a police car was charged with driving under the influence and drug offenses, police said Tuesday.
“Cars were passing by having to avoid it,
The veterinary clinic that treated Barbaro will receive an award this month for its efforts to save the life of the 2006 Derby winner.
The New Bolton Center will receive the Silver Horseshoe Award, an honor bestowed by the Kentucky Derby
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States will be hosting a horse and burro adoption event this month in Indiana. More than 60 horses and a few burros will be available.
Animals will be available for
A horse in Lalru, India, died after being struck by an errant cricket ball, The Times of India reported.
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A great night of good, clean fun for the whole family will be found April 10 at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington, Ky., at the Celebrity Team Penning event to raise money for the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund. Emmy-winning actor and
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture and Food on March 21 lifted all movement restrictions still in place due to the outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) that started last summer and claimed 28 horses. The last case was confirmed
Keeneland unveiled its new Web site April 2, just in time for the 2007 spring race meet that begins Friday. Still located at www.keeneland.com, the site offers a new look, as well as additional
Two hundred horses are likely on their way to Canadian slaughterhouses now that a court ruling has indefinitely shut down the last three horse slaughterhouses in the United States, including one in DeKalb, Ill., a state official said.
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The American Horse Defense Fund (AHDF), a national equine welfare organization, announces its first rescue resource program, the Rescue Spotlight Award. Each month the AHDF staff will select an exceptional equine rescue that will be highlighted
The saddle worn by Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro will be sold at a charity auction in May to raise money for permanently disabled jockeys.
Edgar Prado, who used the red-and-white leather saddle to guide Barbaro to a dominating victory
While most of us learn to drive a passenger vehicle through driver’s education, the majority of us learn to drive horse trailers through experience. When you consider how precious the cargo is, cutting our towing teeth at the “school of hard knocks
Cytology, the study of cells, involves the collection and examination of cells and fluid from organs, tissues, and body cavities. Cells naturally shed from the surfaces of mucous membranes, organs, and skin lesions, and they can be collected for
We keep them in our barns, give them to our animals, and take them ourselves. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are common, but they aren’t benign. In this article we’ll investigate what NSAIDs are and aren’t, and what we should know
“A horse that’s working hard does have a high energy requirement,” says Nielsen. “And when we are trying to get that into a horse, we have to feed him a fair bit of concentrate, meaning grain, of course. In this case, we run the risk of health
There has been a long journey over a relatively short span of time in the world of equine gait analysis. The first studies utilized high-speed cameras and a treadmill and took place at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences some 35 years
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