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Endangered Equine Breeds Coming to Horse Park

The Kentucky Horse Park will host some of the rarest horses on earth during the Festivale of Endangered Equines, Sept. 5-7. The event will feature more than 125 horses and ponies of 15 different breeds and is being hosted by the Equus Survival

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Museum of the Horse Adding Arabian Galleries

The Purebred Arabian Trust has begun construction of an 8,000 square foot addition to the Kentucky Horse Park’s International Museum of the Horse. This addition will house the Arabian Horse Galleries. It will be the first major addition to the

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Hundreds of Horse Lovers Show Up for Equifest 2008

Hundreds of equine fans gathered at Equifest 2008 at the Lake Helen Equestrian Center in Florida.


The one-day event was presented by the Museum of Florida Art. All the proceeds from event yesterday (April 12) will go to youth programs of

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‘Loved’ to Death?




We must do the best we can to create an environment where our horses can thrive physically and mentally.




Horses weren’t designed to be “apartment dwellers,” said a horseman friend

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North Carolina Governor Seeking Federal Drought Aid

Farmers across North Carolina whose crops and livestock are hard-hit by the ongoing drought will get federal financial aid if Gov. Mike Easley gets his way.


Easley said Wednesday he will ask U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns for a

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Injuries Common Among Experienced Riders, Study Finds

Results of a retrospective study performed by doctors at an Alberta trauma center shed a new light on the incidence and type of injuries sustained by equestrians. Additionally, the doctors found that experienced riders were more likely to suffer seve

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Texas Therapeutic Riding Group Seeks Volunteers

Therapeutic Riding of Texas (TROT), a North American Riding for the Handicapped Association premier accredited therapeutic riding center, is seeking side walkers and horse handler volunteers for Session II. Volunteers do not need experience, as

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Mustangs Enlisted to Patrol Canadian Border

Wild horses, tamed in past generations by Indians, soldiers, and prospectors, are now being enlisted for a new chore–patrolling the most rugged and remote stretches of the nation’s northern border.

In a project dubbed “Noble Mustang,” the

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Missouri Equine, Livestock Veterinarians in Short Supply

It’s a routine morning for Charles Dake: He drives an hour roundtrip to give a horse a quick vaccine, then he’s off to castrate and dehorn a herd of cattle, and onto yet another farm to sedate and castrate a horse–all before lunch.


Wit

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Alltech Symposium Focusing on Changing Equine Industry

Alltech’s 23rd International Feed Industry Symposium will address topics including feeding for maximum potential, doping scandals, and the overuse of drug-related products, during the annual three-day event in Lexington, Ky., May 21-23, 2007. Th

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