Book Excerpt: Communicating With Horses
Heather Smith Thomas
July 12, 2006
To work with horses successfully, we must be able to communicate adequately with voice, touch, and body language.
To work with horses successfully, we must be able to communicate adequately with voice, touch, and body language.
The chief veterinarian attending to Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Barbaro said Wednesday that the colt is in “guarded” condition as he continues to recover from surgery to repair his right hind leg injured in the Preakness Stakes (gr.
The excitement is mounting now that three trainers have been chosen for the East Coast Trainer Challenge to be held at the third annual Virginia Equine Extravaganza, Oct. 27-29, at the Richmond Raceway Complex in Richmond. New to this year’s
War Emblem’s problems in the breeding shed have gotten worse. There will be no foals sired by the 7-year-old champion son of Our Emblem born in 2007. The 2002 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner has been reluctant to cover
The Equine Industry Program at the University of Louisville has announced Robert G. “Bob” Lawrence will retire as director and chairman, effective Aug. 1.
Lawrence has led the program since its inception in 1987. During that time, the
The Argentine Equine Veterinary Association will be hosting the XVIII International Congress on Equine Medicine Nov. 23-24 in Buenos Aires. The organization is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
Featured speakers include Joseph
A 13-year-old Arabian fell more than 200 feet into a canyon and is feared dead after he was spooked by a rattlesnake on Sunday (July 9), reports the online edition of the
A rebuilt Ellis Park reopens for live racing July 19, only eight months after one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history damaged the racetrack facility and its stable area. The Henderson, Ky. track will conduct a 36-day race meet from July 1
Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of surgery in the George D. Widener Hospital at the University of Pennyslvania’s New Bolton Center, reports today that Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is resting comfortably after receiving his sixth cast
Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Veterinary Medicine have discovered that degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis (DSLD) actually affects connective tissue throughout the body.
According to an Associated Press article on bloodhorse.com, two horses died in an accident at Les Bois Park racetrack in Boise, Idaho. One jockey remained
Late Saturday, July 8, Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, replaced the plate and many of the screws that had been inserted into Barbaro’s injured hind leg on May 21. “Barbaro
New York Racing Association track announcer Tom Durkin, the voice of the Breeders’ Cup since its inception in 1984, will deliver the keynote speech during the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame
This is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly, funded by underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, brokers, and their Kentucky agents.
The International Collating Center, Newmarket, England and other sources reported the
The United Kingdom’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency announced yesterday (July 9) that it was involved in the afternoon rescue of two horses and their riders who were stranded off shore on a sandbar at Holkham Bay as the tide was rising.
Exceptionally high rainfall during the last week of June has created ideal mosquito breeding conditions in Dorchester and
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