There are now 23 accredited facilities eligible to receive financial grants from the organization for the ongoing care of retired Thoroughbreds
“The Horse Comes First” is an promoting the welfare of horses throughout and after their careers in racing.
Are top dressage horses routinely performing the “perfect passage” as defined by the FEI?
The Oxleys will receive the TCA Leadership Award and the TCA Industry Service Award will be presented to the RRTP.
Wheelon is free on bond after a jury indicted him on animal cruelty counts for allegedly soring horses.
Officials drew blood from horses in a third quarantined barn Dec. 5, with test results expected Dec. 10.
The change could threaten 80,000 horses’ lives and put more than 6,000 horse industry employees out of work.
The course will provide students with the opportunity to re-examine their knowledge regarding equine welfare.
Thomason is the president and chief executive officer of Keeneland Association in Lexington, Ky.
Could something as simple as hoof wall tubule density provide veterinarians with clues as to a laminitic horse’s prognosis? Not yet, but researchers are taking the first steps determine if it could be a possibility in the future.
Why does my horse bolt out of the back of the trailer as soon as we start to open the back gate?
What do sex-reversal syndrome, junctional epidermolysis bullosa, and autosomal trisomy have in common? They’re all equine genetic diseases. But these conditions have distinct differences that help practitioners evaluate and diagnose suspect cases.
British racehorse trainer Gerard Butler has received a 5-year suspension for having nine horses in his barn test positive for anabolic steroid use, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) announced Dec. 4.
The deadly disease atypical myopathy has claimed hundreds of equine lives in Europe over the past few weeks.
Researchers believe equine PPID can be detected earlier and more reliably by using the recommendations contained in a new set of guidelines developed by the Equine Endocrinology Group (EEG).
Researchers found that there are distinct differences in movement symmetry patterns between sound and mildly lame horses when longed on soft and hard surfaces.
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