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Mother, Daughter Sell Art to Cover Cost of Horse Care

The Associated Press November 2, 2006

It all started with a blind horse.


Dianne Hooker said her daughter Fawn, now 14, went horseback riding for the first time when she was seven years old and became completely enthralled with the animal.


“She fell in love with

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Dutch Rescuers Try to Save Horse Herd

The Associated Press November 2, 2006

Rescuers worked Thursday (Nov. 2) to save a herd of about 100 horses stranded two days ago on a tiny knoll when a fierce storm flooded their wilderness area.


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Barbaro Doing Well: Vets Plan to Remove Cast Next Week

Claire Novak November 2, 2006

Barbaro, the unbeaten winner of the Kentucky Derby, is in good health and progressing well on his road to recovery, Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, told reporters in a Nov. 1 press conference during the National Turf Writers’ Association dinne

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Team Barbaro, Richardson, Crist Honored at NTWA Dinner

Esther Marr November 2, 2006

The individuals associated with undefeated Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro — veterinary surgeon Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center — and veteran racing journalis

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Cushion Track Praised as Hollywood Park Opens

Tracy Gantz November 2, 2006

Victor Espinoza took only two races to become the first jockey to ride a winner over both Hollywood Park’s new Cushion Track and Keeneland’s Polytrack. Second in Hollywood’s autumn meet opener Nov. 1, Espinoza won the second race aboard Robert

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For Love or Money?

Robert Laurence November 1, 2006

Was it for love, or money? H.L. Mencken wrote that when someone says “it’s not about the money,” it is about the money. This cynicism is more clever than true. For most of us, most of the time, it’s about both. It has to be.

Let’s be

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Fla. Donkey Draggers Going to Jail

The Associated Press November 1, 2006

Two Escambia County, Fla., men accused of dragging a donkey behind their pickup will be going to jail. Matthew Ramsey and Terry Skinner were sentenced yesterday to nearly a year in jail and placed on two years’ probation.

They will also hav

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Gelding Herding Mares

Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB November 1, 2006

Is it possible to change a horse’s aggressive behavior? Specifically, I am wondering if there is any information relating to reinforcement contingencies and transfer of learning from a “human-handled” situation to a free-running setting?

The

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Healthy Horses

Dana Kirkland November 1, 2006

Equine veterinarians are the most qualified resource for horse health information. When looking for information or events that will help your efforts to keep your horse healthy, it is important to consider the qualifications of the source or event.

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Stallion Subfertility and Infertility Conditions

Marcia King November 1, 2006

Is your stud a dud? About one in 10 breeding stallions can’t perform up to expectations due to subfertility or infertility. Causes for reduced breeding performance are many: Age, injury, genetics, management, or disease.

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Chill Out on Hoof Care Concerns

Sushil Dulai Wenholz November 1, 2006

Whether winter means a well-deserved break for your horse or the start of the “snowbird circuit,” your horse’s hooves might need some special “seasonal” attention. Exactly what adjustments you’ll want to make depends on the type of winter weather

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Anatomy and Physiology Part 11: Of Blood and Breath

Les Sellnow November 1, 2006

There are few similarities between horses and automobiles, but in a manner of speaking, the horse’s circulatory and respiratory systems constitute its engine. The food a horse consumes is its fuel. The fuel is converted into nutritional energy that

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Lessons Learned Hard

Les Sellnow November 1, 2006

We have just passed the five-year anniversary of the most horrific terrorist attack on the United States in the country’s history. It was on Sept. 11, 2001, that two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center Towers in New York, another struck

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