Open Sky Entertainment, in cooperation with Launchpad Releasing, is rolling out their new documentary film titled “John Henry: A Steel Driving Racehorse.”

The film, about one of the most successful and beloved horses in U.S. horse racing history, will make its theatrical debut May 2 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The film will simultaneously be available to purchase on DVD at t

A field of 53 horses–the largest ever since the event became a CCI**** in 1998–will start the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bridgestone, on Thursday morning. All 53 horses that were presented to the ground jury and official veterinarian Wednesday afternoon were accepted for competition.

In addition to more than two dozen Americans hoping to be selected to ride in

That horses endure significant stress while waiting to be slaughtered has often been assumed. But a new study measuring stress hormone levels now confirms that theory, according to Italian researchers.

A Florida bill to that would make it a felony to slaughter horses and sell their meat for human consumption drew closer to passage on April 21 when that state’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the measure.

HB 765 prohibits the mutilation or killing of any horse and forbids the transport, distribution, sale, and purchase of horsemeat for human consumption.

The Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) will host a two-day global congress to debate the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in competition. The FEI Congress on NSAIDs Usage and Medication in the Equine Athlete, which will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Aug. 16-17, will include the presentation of educational and scientific papers as well as open debate.

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the corticosteroid prednisolone improves the lung function of horses with recurrent airway obstruction, even in the presence of continuous exposure to antigens. The same study also revealed that a low dose of a similar drug, dexamethasone, reversed airway obstruction despite continues antigen exposure.

“Recurrent airway o

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking a federal court to stop Franck’s Compounding Lab Inc. from manufacturing and selling compounded drugs used to treat animals. The Ocala, Fla., pharmacy produced a vitamin and mineral compound blamed for the deaths of 21 polo horses last year.

The horses died after receiving a selenium, vitamin B, and potassium compound prepa

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional a federal law banning the “commercial creation, sale, or possession of certain depictions of animal cruelty.” The court, on an 8-1 vote April 20, declared the federal law too broad and therefore invalid under the free speech amendment.

The law, enacted in 1999, was designed to stop the sales of “crush videos” dep

Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Raven’s Pass underwent colic surgery April 20. The 5-year-old stallion, who stands at Sheikh Mohammed’s Kildangan Stud in Ireland, will be rested from covering duties for the next six weeks.

“Unfortunately, Raven’s Pass underwent colic surgery yesterday,” Jimmy Hyland, Kildangan’s stud director said. “Th

Researchers at the University of California (UC), Davis are having success treating atrial fibrillation in horses through transvenous electrical cardioversion (TVEC). Carrie J. Finno, DVM, DACVIM, an adjunct professor in large animal internal medicine at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, writes of successfully using the procedure on Jody Carlson-Astrom’s horse

A new model of a Breyer horse is another reason to attend QuarterFest in Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 30-May 2. Kids 11 and younger get free admission to QuarterFest when accompanied by an adult ticket holder. QuarterFest is a three-day, education-packed celebration of the horse.

More than 1,150 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Who administers vaccinations to your horse?”

The antihistamine cetirizine has no apparent benefit in treating insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH), reports a group of Swiss researchers led by Lena Olsén from the Division of Pathology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Also referred to as sweet itch or summer eczema, IBH is a seasonally recurrent skin disorder caused by a hy