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Barn Fire Safety Checklist

Barn fire prevention requires a strategy like no other. Use this checklist to protect both horses and humans in your facility.

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Breeding the Old Gray Mare

I consider myself pretty lucky to live and work in the region I do. Central Kentucky is one of the largest–if not the largest–Thoroughbred nurseries

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Accidental Hypothermia In Horses

With the horrifically cold temperatures all over the United States this week, I wanted to focus on the prevalence and problems associated with accidental hypothermia. Two

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Changing it Up

Yesterday’s high of 20 degrees and solid hours of desk-sitting had me wistful for warmer times and a fun riding memory from the fall, when

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Across the Fence

Under the Blue Tarps

When I unfold a tarp and hear that rusty plastic rattle, I see the stains of fluids of decay; I smell death. Blue tarps cover the corpses of my failures.

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What Else Can I Do?

Most senior horse owners–myself included–want nothing more than to keep their charges healthy and kicking for as long as possible and will go to great

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5 Things About You

One of the best parts of my job is getting to meet and interview the world’s leading horse-health experts. I ask them questions, and then

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Off to the (Zebra) Races

We get a lot of press releases at Blood-Horse Publications. A lot. But one struck an interest for me when it touted zebra and ostrich

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