Happy holidays from the staff of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care. We look forward to another year of bringing you the latest news on equine health care, management, welfare, new advances in veterinary medicine, and research.

The dust has settled at Las Vegas’ Thomas & Mack Center from the 49th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), and the fans’ votes are counted for the Fort Dodge Champion American Quarter Horses of the WNFR.

American Quarter Horses carry the

The first of this series covers basic equine anatomy. It offers a unique perspective which will immediately enhance the viewer’s working knowledge of the horse. Packed with details and information, this chart is 11″ x 14″ and is laminated for rugged

Bring the spirit of the holiday season to those who cannot help themselves with a gift of veterinary care for animals in need. The American Fondouk, a charitable, U.S.-run animal

The Nebraska Humane Society has called for a ban on Mexican rodeo events, saying the sports can cause traumatic injury to the animals.

Armando Pliego, treasurer of the Omaha-based rodeo club Charros Las Amistad, said the rodeo–called a

Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center will host an educational event for Virginia Pony Club members on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008. The meeting, “Horse Health Half-Day,” will take place in the center’s library from 9:30 a.m. to 1

Kent County, Michigan, sheriff’s deputies are investigating the shooting of a horse found dead by its owner Thanksgiving morning.

The Muskegon Chronicle says Debra Robach was startled when she discovered the horse laying

Bazzy Boy, an Australian Thoroughbred, hasn’t won any big races, but he is attracting plenty of attention via his Web site. His online journal won top prize in the pet category at th

It is one of the most recognized images of Greece: a donkey carrying an elderly villager along narrow, winding streets or dusty country lanes. But it could soon be consigned to history books and postcards, a snapshot of a bygone era.

W. F. Young, Inc., marketers of the Absorbine line of equine health care products, has announced the acquisition of Equine America, a manufacturer of numerous horse care products, including B-L Solution, Shoer’s Friend, Gluco-Flex, and Fungasol

Two weeks before the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Monmouth Park, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said he would support financial assistance for the state’s horse racing and breeding industries.

Corzine publicly discussed the situation

The Kentucky Children’s Hospital has been named a beneficiary of the Blue Grass Farms Chaplaincy Ladies Guild’s second annual Nags, Bags and Rags Dinner Gala and Auction, which will be held the evening of Friday, Oct. 19, at the Hyatt in

Gourmeds compounding service for veterinarians and the people who struggle with giving medications to their animals. This new service provides the compounded preparations that veterinarians prescribe most frequently in chewable, naturally flavored

15 years, one-and-a-half decades…however you want to think of it, this is the 15th anniversary of the inaugural edition of the Lloyd’s Equine Disease Quarterly!

Lloyd’s Underwriters and Brokers and their Kentucky agents have been

The Kentucky Equine Education Project will hold a stallion season auction Dec. 7 to raise funds to support promotion of the horse industry as well as legislative endeavors.

KEEP will offer breeding rights from many of Kentucky’s premiere

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s proposed budget for next year will include $500,000 to entice more veterinary students to work with farm animals.

A law enacted earlier this year authorized loans of up to $80,000 each for six veterinary students