World Championship Blacksmiths, LLC (WCB) out of Ithaca, Nebraska, was accepted as a chapter of the American Farrier’s Association (AFA) at the mid-year Board of Directors meeting in Albuquerque, NM on September 9th. WCB is led by CEO, Craig
Eldon Farm’s Hirapour, the 2004 Eclipse Award winner as champion steeplechaser and a Grade II winner this summer, will undergo a new treatment for a bone chip in his left ankle in hopes of racing this fall in the Breeders’ Cup Steeplechase and
SmartPak will be offering monthly in-depth discussions on a range of equine health topics at their new store in Natick, Mass.
Starting on September 13th, SmartPak?s medical director, Lydia Gray, DVM, will offer the latest research and
Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dover Saddlery announced yesterday (Aug. 14) that the Grand Opening of its new store in the Hunt Valley, Md., will be held Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Equestrians are invited to join in the
Horse Country, a pdf brochure on farmland conservation, is now available via the Ocala
Thanks in large part to the $58,000 celebrity chef Bobby Flay spent on options to breed to two of the sport’s top stallions, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) raised in excess of $500,000 Monday night at its annual gala at the Saratog
A national conference on agricultural genomics will take place at
Equibase Company, the Thoroughbred industry’s official database for racing information, today announced the launch of Virtual StableTM race day notifications that feature convenient links to wager
Extreme heat in the East is taking its toll on racing, as six tracks cancelled racing for either Tuesday or Wednesday. Among the most prominent cancellations was Saratoga, which called off live racing for Wednesday.
In a morning meeting
The 24th annual American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Forum hosted nearly 3,000 veterinary specialists, general practitioners, technicians, and students in Louisville, Ky., May 31-June 3.
ACVIM is the national
It took nearly 40 people to extract a 1,600-pound Hanoverian gelding from a creek near Orlando, Fla., on June 6. The 17.1-hand dressage horse and jumper had been trapped in the marshy, 25-foot-wide creek with slippery banks for at least three
The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care was honored on June 24 as the best overall publication in the General Excellence category at the 2006 American Horse Publications Annual Awards. Sixty publications were entered. The
The business of the horse industry will have a new source of information when The Center for Equine Business Studies (CEBS) at
Elmer Carter, a World War II veteran who trained Thoroughbreds and American Quarter Horses in
Dean Hoffman has been named the 2006 Pinnacle Award Winner, a prestigious award that recognizes and provides appreciation for exemplary efforts put forth by authors, members of the press and public
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