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BHS Launches Veterinary Emergency Service Fund

The British Horse Society has approved a donation of ?6,000 ($11,800) to the Emergency Services Protocol Veterinary Fund.

The Emergency Services Protocol, established by the BHS, ensures emergency crews have clearly laid out procedures for

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500-Day Countdown to 2008 Olympic Games Begins

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is one of five organizations participating in an “Olympics Countdown” exhibition from today (March 27) until April 1, following this afternoon’s inauguration of a 500-Day Countdown Clock at Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui.

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Strangles: How to Protect Your Horse

Strangles: Dispelling the Myths

The infection caused by the bacteria Streptococcus equi,, commonly known as strangles, has been described in horses for almost 800 years. The name strangles describes the condition in which an affected horse is suffocated as lymph nodes i

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Real Quiet Returned to Pin Oak Lane

Kentucky Derby winner and champion Real Quiet, who was treated at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center for abscesses in both hind feet, was returned March 22 to Dr. William Solomon’s Pin Oak Lane Farm near New Freedom,

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ASPCA Equine Fund Awards Several Grants


The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has announced that a variety of equine rescue groups and sanctuaries across the United States received aid totaling more than $28,000 from the ASPCA’s Equine Fund

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DeHaven Joins AVMA as New Executive Vice President

Ron DeHaven, DVM, administrator of the USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has been named the new executive vice president at the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). The AVMA Executive Board voted unanimously to

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Group Proposes Quarter Horse Track for Kentucky

A group wants to build a Quarter Horse racetrack in south-central Kentucky and is trying to get Kentucky’s last available racetrack license, a lawyer for the group said.


Seven partners want to build a track on Kentucky 80 in London at a

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