The federal lawsuit against Cushion Track and affiliates over the former synthetic racing surface at Santa Anita Park is geared to go forward after a judge recently denied most of the defendants’ request for dismissal.
U.S. District Judge
Though champion Curlin may not have handled the synthetic racing surface as well as some of his European rivals did in the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic, Santa Anita Park’s Pro-Ride racing surface performed safely during the two-day World
The road to the FEI World Endurance Championship (WEC) will be a little longer for Brazil’s six horses because of a recent case of glanders in a horse in Sao Paulo. The European
Autumn is no time for an outdoor picnic, says entomologist Lynn Kimsey, chair of the University of California, Davis Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. It’s fly season.
The common house fly (Musca
A case of glanders in a horse in a Sao Paulo, Brazil, has impacted international transport and competition in Brazil and abroad. Event organizers, equine transport companies, and governmental authorities are working closely together to keep
A new equine biosecurity risk calculator will be unveiled by Equine Guelph, in partnership with V?toquinol Canada, at this year’s Ontario Equestrian Federation Conference, Nov. 28-30.
The equine biosecurity risk calculator allows horse
Contrasting views on the future of synthetic tracks were expressed at the meeting of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities in Paris on Oct. 6, following the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe meeting at Longchamp.
British opinion,
Florida agriculture officials announced Sept. 8 that 20 horses have been confirmed positive for the foreign animal disease equine piroplasmosis, but even though this might sound
Horses are back in training, with several galloping, on Santa Anita’s newly reconstituted racing surface Aug. 31. Most of the Southern California horses have not yet returned from Del Mar, so few horses are currently housed at Santa Anita.
Live racing and training at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course will be suspended following the Sept. 20 racing program for a resurfacing project of the entire racetrack cushion. The unexpected shutdown of the Pennsylvania racetrack is
While the attention of most equine enthusiasts was turned to Hong Kong for the equestrian events of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, preparations were well under way for the next major international equine competition: the 2010 Alltech FEI
With test results confirming that all remaining horses at a Redlands Veterinary Clinic are free from Hendra virus, Biosecurity officials in the Australian state of Queensland have lifted the stringent quarantine that was imposed seven weeks ago.
One of the two equine hospital staff workers hospitalized with Hendra virus in Australia has died. Veterinarian Ben Cunneen, BVSc, died Wednesday. He had contracted Hendra virus from a horse hospitalized at the Redlands Veterinary Clinic on the
Equine piroplasmosis was eradicated officially from Florida (and, thereby, the United States) in 1988. So it came as a shock to many people in the equine industry to hear that a horse in Florida was confirmed positive for the disease last week.
From a Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry release:
Testing performed on samples from horses on the index premises in Manatee County, Fla., have indicated that four additional horses
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