Buckinghamshire charity The Horse Trust is facing an additional bill of $36,564 for hay and haylage this year due to a shortfall in production and the rising cost of hay. Last year, The Horse Trust was able to produce the majority of hay and haylage it needed for the winter from its 200 acres of paddocks. But due to the dry weather conditions this year, it has only been able to pr

The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the following drivers to the U.S. Driving Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to be held Sept. 25-Oct. 10 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The following drivers have been named to the U.S. Team (in alphabetical order):

his year has been an exciting one for Arabian horse owners. Not only has the genetic mutation for lavender foal syndrome (LFS) been determined, a test that can identify affected foals and horses that carry the gene for the disease has been developed.

Calder Casino & Race Course, in Miami Gardens, Fla., placed racing and training restrictions on horses in one of its barns and in an adjacent training center while those horses are being tested for a tick-borne blood disease that is non-contagious Sept. 12. About 160 horses are under restrictions, which officials at the track expect will last for two to four weeks. The adjacen

More than 1,010 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “If you knew rabies had been found in wildlife in your area, would you vaccinate your horse for it?”  

The Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners will reconsider a proposed rule that would prohibit so-called “lay equine dentists” in that state from using motorized or air-powered files to float horses’ teeth without the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian. General Council Nicole Oria said the board voted to reconsider the proposed Sept. 10 because veterinarians

The most commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in equine medicine are relatively safe, effective, and short-lived at low doses, but their use could mask lameness or other ailments in competing horses, according to international scientists at the recent NSAIDs congress hosted by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). Whether NSAIDs should

“A bone scan was performed on Super Saver which revealed marked activity in all four cannon bones,” said Bramlage in a statement. “The left front fetlock has the most radiographic change with a major bruise on the cannon bone. Once these are resolved, the horse should return to his previous form.”

The Board of Trustees of Blood-Horse Publications today announced that Marla Bickel has been appointed as Publisher & CEO, succeeding Stacy V. Bearse, who will retire from the company on Nov. 1.

Top Austrian dressage rider Victoria Max-Theurer has announced that, in the best interest of her horse, she will not compete in the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG). The 24-year-old’s dressage horse, Augustin OLD, underwent colic surgery in fall 2009, and Max-Theurer is not yet ready to expose him to the stress of overseas travel and quarantine. “It certainly

We’ve seen them before–hospitalized equine patients made anxious, even fractious, by the drawing of multiple blood samples via direct venipuncture. But here’s good news for veterinarians and nursing staff who dislike using the method on resistant patients. According to a recent study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, blood drawn w

Equine infectious anemia (EIA) has been detected in a horse in Devon, England, after the owner requested a private vet to examine a sick horse, Defra confirmed Sept. 11. The premise is currently under restriction and the infected horse will be humanely destroyed in line with existing regulations. The

Avaya, Inc., a global leader in enterprise communications systems, software and services, has been named an Official Technology Sponsor of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG).

Tall fescue is an extremely hardy, well-adapted grass species used for hay and pasture in the central and eastern United States and the Pacific Northwest. Although tall fescue has gotten a bad reputation in the horse industry, it is a safe and practical grass for most classes of horses with the exception of broodmares. There are many varieties of tall fescue from all over the worl

The Rutgers Equine Science Center launched a new innovative educational tool to its website–a virtual tour of the equine exercise physiology laboratory.

Imagine that after a thorough prepurchase examination, your veterinarian turns to you and says the horse has sidebone, meaning his lateral and medial cartilages of the foot that have “ossified,” or hardened into bone. What should you do?