The Silk Roads paved the way for the lucrative Chinese silk trade, but they also opened the door to extensive intercultural and educational exchanges, and, as researchers recently confirmed, horse trading and breeding.

With no international governing body controlling doping in racehorses, anti-doping regulations can vary, sometimes significantly, from one country to another.

With wins in the Preakness and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, California Chrome will head to New York for the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes June 7 and a chance to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.

A horse that began showing signs consistent with equine herpes myeloencephalitis (the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus-1, or EHV-1) earlier this week has tested positive for the virus. The horse was euthanized.

Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan was taken to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, May 16 for emergency colic surgery, trainer Charlie LoPresti said.

Infectious pathogens can be spread on shared equipment, such as grooming supplies, wipe rags, water buckets, hoses, and tack. Here’s how to reduce your horse’s risk of picking up a disease via equipment at an event.

Whether a veterinarian is actively practicing or working in research, ethics play a central role in his or her decision-making.