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Top International Riders to Compete at the Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event

Once again, the Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event, this year Presented by Bridgestone, will host a truly international event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., April 22-25. The Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event, part of the HSBC FEI Classics Series, attracts many of the world’s best horses and riders as they vie for their share of $250,000 in prize money.

Enhancing this year’

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Judge Allows Evidence in Ohio Cruelty Case

A judge has declined to discard evidence in the case of an Ohio woman charged with maltreating more than 40 Arabian horses at her Ottawa County farm.

Animal welfare authorities from the Humane Society of Ottawa County seized 36 allegedly maltreated horses from an Oak Harbor farm in January. Farm operator Robin Vess was subsequently charged with 42 counts of second degree misdemean

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Homeopathy in Equine Medicine Reviewed

A team of veterinary researchers in the United Kingdom recently reviewed the use and results of homeopathy for equine ailments including arthritis, headshaking, laminitis, and more.

“Homeopathy is a 200-year-old therapeutic meth

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Sport Horse Feeding and Veterinary Management Seminar Coming to Kentucky

The care and nutrition of competition horses will be the focus of this year’s Kentucky Equine Research (KER) Nutrition Conference, held this year on April 26-27 in Lexington, Ky.

The theme of this year’s conference, “Feeding and Veterinary Management of the Sport Horse,” is particularly relevant as Kentucky prepares for the World Equestrian Games, to be held in L

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Horses with Pica Lack Trace Elements, Researchers Report

A recent study found that horses with pica–a propensity for consuming non-food items–have lower iron and copper blood levels than horses who restricted themselves to food items, only. According to researchers from Turkey, “prophylactic u

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Few Horse Owners Involve Vet in Parasite Control

Vaccination and deworming are an integral part of horse health care routines, according to respondents of a recent survey, but only a fraction of owners consult their veterinarians when it comes to parasite control.

The findings are

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Keeneland Thoroughbred Sale Sees Slight Comeback

The Keeneland sale of 2-year-olds in training, scheduled for April 5 in Lexington, will wrap up the select juvenile selling season, which has enjoyed some modest rebounds following 2009’s major setbacks.

“I don’t know if

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Charles H. Payne Named Associate Publisher of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care

Blood-Horse Publications is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles H. Payne as Associate Publisher of The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care. In his new role, Mr. Payne will be responsible for managing all sales and marketing functions of the equine-health media group, including the monthly magazine and a wide array of digital products.

Mr. Payne has a 24-yea

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Donated Snaffle Bits Delivered to India

Friends of Marwari/Kathiawari Horse UK announced the first successful delivery of over 80 snaffle bits to India. The bits had been donated by horse lovers from all over the United Kingdom specifically for the welfare of Indigenous Indian horses. These bits were given to influential Indian horse breeders, professional traders, riders, and individual owners of horses, mostly of the Marwari and

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Drug Testing: New Test Recognizes Sample Contamination

Equine forensic scientists from Pennsylvania have developed a novel assay for equine blood and urine samples to identify racehorses and ensure that the samples destined for drug testing were handled appropriately.

Blood and urine sam

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Establishing a Horse Business (Book Excerpt)

Owning horses can be a serious business for some people or a pleasant hobby for others. There is no legal requirement that a horse operation must be classified as a “business,” but if you plan to operate a commercial boarding stable,

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Only One Horse Rescue Left in New Hampshire

When Equine Protection of North America (EPONA) announced on March 16, that it was permanently closing its doors due to economic difficulties, Live and Let Live Farm (LLLF) rescue became the last licensed, legal rehabilitation rescue for horses

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