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Jazil to Miss Travers with Bruised Cannon Bone

Belmont Stakes winner Jazil has been sent to owner Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Farm near Lexington for 30 days to recuperate from a bruised cannon bone on his right hind leg, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Tuesday.


McLaughlin said the son o

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Learning to Earn

Considering a career in the horse industry? Formal education here is as necessary as for any other profession and as available. Many people who want to enter the horse industry are not aware of the opportunities for attaining marketable skills.

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New Equine Performance Centre

The University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, has unveiled plans to build a new multi-million-dollar Equine Performance Centre for diagnosing and treating problems in performance horses. The facility is

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Feeding the Finicky Eater

Some horses present special challenges in feeding, especially if they won’t eat enough to maintain proper body weight. Sometimes a lactating broodmare, a horse in hard training or steady work, or a horse recovering from illness or injury

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Sliced Bread Has Arrived

Drug testing is about to move into the 21st century for horseracing. Research findings at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center could make the use of urine in post-race drug testing a thing of the past within a very short

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Vets Help Horses, People

Every year on the weekend before Thanksgiving, a group of 10-15 veterinarians travel to a remote area of Arizona that can only be reached by helicopter, pack animal, or on foot. These members of Veterinary Christian Fellowship (VCF) gather to

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Spleen Problems

I heard that a horse’s spleen is unique, but my friend said horses don’t have a spleen. What’s the truth?

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Drug Testing in 2000

Drug testing is about to move into the 21st Century for horseracing. Research findings at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center could make the use of urine in post-race drug testing a thing of the past within a very short time.

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Dry Times And Other Changes

The drought is severe here in Kentucky, as it is in many parts of the country. A couple of my neighbors said they are feeding hay to their horses as if it were January. That’s probably true of many owners, especially in states such as

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