More than 1,230 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What do you prefer to use for stall bedding?”

The Unwanted Horse Coalition has published a handbook entitled Best Practices: How Your Organization Can Help Unwanted Horses. The handbook includes sections on administration, continuing education, fundraising, support of equine care facilities, matchmaking, direct assistance, breeding control, and euthanasia.

The handbook is part of the UHC’s continuing effort to get

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will host an equine anti-cruelty summit and panel discussion on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at the George Morris Horsemastership Clinics at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla.

ASPCA President & CEO Ed Sayres will lead a panel discussion on critical equine welfare and anti-cruelty issues affe

TheHorse.com is getting 2010 off to a great start with three more Fact Sheets on topics that are important to our readers. The new fact sheets cover vaccinations for your horse, West Nile virus, and equine colic. After reviewing a Fact Sheet you can look through our Article Library of more than 15,500 articles to find more in-depth information on that topic, or perhaps even find another Fact

A $7,000 cash reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot arrows at a horse in Fayette County, Ga., on Sunday.

A passerby discovered the wounded mare down in its pasture in Brooks, Ga. The animal had sustained arrow wounds in the spine, neck, and head, said Fayette County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Brent Rowan.

Six equine research projects totaling nearly $400,000 over a two-year period have been approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.

All of the research, approved by the commission Jan. 5, will be conducted by the Kentucky Equine Initiative at the University of Kentucky. Approval by the commission came on a recommendation from the KHRC’s Equine Drug Research Council, which

CANTER is now offering its nationally-recognized Thoroughbred networking service to Kentucky horseman with the opening of CANTER-Kentucky. Watch for volunteers as they begin track visits immediately to offer free sales listings, including photography, to trainers and owners looking to move their ex-racehorses onto second careers. Horses listed for sale will be available to the general

Neonatal isoerythrolysis (NI) is caused by an incompatibility of blood types between a mare and her foal. If a foal inherits from its sire a red cell factor (antigen) that the mare lacks, the mare may develop antibodies to that antigen. There is no harm to the foal in utero, as there is no comingling of the mare’s blood with that of the fetus. However, these antibodies will be present in

“Why did gorgeous horses like those need new homes?” is a question frequently asked by park visitors about some stunning, well-trained black Arabian horses that recently arrived at the Kentucky Horse Park. An Arabian stallion and mare came to the park through a partnership with the Kentucky Equine Humane Center (KyEHC).

The horses’ previous owners contact

If spreading manure and draining waste water onto plants is your idea of “going green” you might be in for a big surprise. As large scale agriculture production facilities alter their management strategies to become more environmentally conscientious the spotlight transitions to small farmers and horse owners.

In an effort to provide up-to-date information on green equin

Thoroughbred owners and breeders will again have the opportunity to participate in a voluntary checkoff program that contributes to Thoroughbred aftercare programs. Owners can indicate their participation when they register their 2010 foals.

The retirement checkoff program, created in 2009, is administered by The Jockey Club. It raises funds to assist the retirement, retraining, a

Winter has an icy grip on most of the United States, and with even sunny Florida facing record freezing temperatures, horse owners across the country need to keep a close eye on their herds to prevent cold-weather related ailments.

In cold weather, horse owners should be thinking “water, water, water,” said Jean T. Griffiths, extension horse specialist at Cornell Univers

Keeping your horse’s surroundings safe and well-managed is an important part of equine management. TheHorse.com is launching a new monthly Equinomics newsletter to bring you news, articles, and information about the things involved with horsekeeping. The new monthly Equinomics e-newsletter is brought to you by Partne