According to NU Online News Service, Markel Insurance Company has announced the acquisition of Agri-Risk Services Inc., an equine retail specialty agency in Overland Park, Kan. The announcement noted that financial terms were not disclosed.
Markel is a subsidiary of Markel Corp. in Glen Ellen, Va., that underwrites commercial lines coverage for a variety of niche markets, including
Led by UK HealthCare in response to the large number of riders admitted to UK’s Emergency Department, the five-year campaign aims to increase awareness and educate riders not only in Kentucky, but nationally and internationally, about riding and horse handling safety.
A horse that was stolen from his Eastern Illinois home more than a year ago has turned up in Springfield, Mo. The paint gelding, named Max, was reunited with his 14 year old owner this week.
Kaitlynn Bilskie never gave up hope in finding her barrel racing partner, said her stepfather, Keith Caughran. “This has just been an amazing miracle,” he said.
Researchers already know that horses have the physical equipment for scotopic (night) vision, with more rods than cones and a reflective structure in the retina.
Yesterday (Oct. 11), 17-year-old Jessica Springsteen was the star at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as her famous parents–Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa–cheered her on. Jessica bested 237 riders over two rounds of competition, and a four-rider work-off, to win the nation’s top equitation prize, the Pessoa/USEF Hunt Seat Medal Final.
The Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Tom Lenz, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACT, will be the guest speaker on Oct. 13 for the Glenwood Veterinary Clinic’s fourth annual horse owner’s continuing education seminar on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Glenwood, Colo. Lenz is boarded in theriogenology (reproduction) and has a special interest in equine geriatrics and unwanted horse.
Equine Guelph, a program from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, has been nominated for the 2009 FEI Development Award. Now the program is asking for your help to win the award.
Equine Guelph has been developing a multi-level education program for the horse industry that includes online courses, hands-on seminars and workshops, and EquiMania!, an education program for youth.
Tawnee Preisner doesn’t need a calendar to know that winter is approaching–all she has to do is count the number of inquiries she receives from horse owners wanting to place their animals at her California equine rescue. Calls from financially strapped horse owners in need of help spike every fall, she said. But this year, the number of inquiries is exceptionally high. And Preisner wonders how
As professional as ever, undefeated Zenyatta equaled the legendary Personal Ensign’s 13-race winning streak to begin her career, sweeping past the pacesetters in upper stretch to capture Oak Tree’s $300,000 Lady’s Secret Stakesbefore 20,329 at Santa Anita in characteristic fashion Oct. 10.
Ridden by Mike Smith, the 2-5 favorite joined rare company with Personal Ensign, who beat males
Horses with persistent dorsal displacement of the soft palate (DDSP), an important performance-limiting abnormality of the upper respiratory tract, have a different anatomic location of the larynx than horses with only intermittent DDSP, report Cornell University researchers.
DDSP affects approximately 10% to 20% of racehorses and is diagnosed by observing the caudal border of the soft
More than 650 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Does your horse receive an equine-specific or multi-species vaccine?”
Star filly Rachel Alexandra is finished racing for the year, co-owner Jess Jackson announced Oct. 9.
Jackson, who said Rachel Alexandra would not run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 7 at Santa Anita because he did not want to run his horses on a synthetic surface, indicated the 3-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro would return to racing in 2010.
Rachel Alexandra completed her yea
This morning (Oct. 10), the Kentucky State Veterinarian’s office sent out an alert that the sixth equine case of West Nile virus had been confirmed.
The University of Kentucky’s Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center confirmed the diagnosis in a 17-month-old Tennessee Walking Horse based on positive Igm and compatible clinical signs. The horse had no history of vaccination, and he was
Paul Lunn, BVMS, MS, PhD, head of the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University (CSU) College of Veterinary Medicine, was chosen to deliver the Frederick Smith Lecture at the British Equine Veterinary Association Congress held in September in England. The invitation is considered a prestigious honor, and Lunn received a commemorative medal for delivering the lecture and in
Horses fed a diet of only forage have greater bacterial stability and fewer “bad” fecal bacteria, such as Streptococcus spp, than horses that are also fed concentrates. This finding, reported by a group of Swedish researchers, provides opportunities for the industry to develop more targeted feeding strategies to support equine health and welfare. “Diets rich in readily
“What happens from the time a fracture is recognized to the time the horse arrives at the referral center is often as critical, or more critical, than what happens during the surgical procedure for fracture repair.”
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