A foal’s future performance in competition, or as a pleasure riding companion, depends in large part on how his feet are cared for in the first six months of his life.

Ireland’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) issued advice on April 5 to horse breeders because of concerns over the perceived risk increase for equine viral arteritis (EVA).

Tests on horses from two Irish studs have shown evidence of exposure to the disease, and the positive test results are believed to be linked to a previously reported outbreak of EVA at an Irish

Stall rest–a term that all horse owners and stable managers dread–is generally prescribed following severe injury such as fractures, large wounds, surgery, and in some cases of lameness. How strictly imposed the stall rest is depends upon the severity of the diagnosis.

In the spring and early summer each year, vendors might appear in your area, selling ineffective chemicals at seemingly cut-rate prices. Rule of thumb: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture receives many complaints in the spring from consumers who have purchased ineffective chemicals over the telephone or on the Internet because the

There is a commercial on television that promotes a saying: Change is good. Horse people aren’t known for their willingness to change, or to change quickly. However, we are quick to accept good ideas whose time has come. For most U.S. readers of The Horse, the addition of an electronic form of delivery for the magazine isn’t critical to receive information; the surface mail delivery