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Saddle Shopping? New Resource Offers Online Assistance

Finding a Western saddle that fits well is a task that has horse owners turning to the new online Saddle Expert System. With well over 200 different breeds of horses, one can imagine how tricky it can be to find a saddle that fits just right.

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Bay Meadows Might Defer Synthetic Track Decision

Bay Meadows Race Course, long rumored to be facing demolition in favor of redevelopment plans approved by the city of San Mateo, might seek an exemption from a California Horse Racing Board mandate to replace its existing dirt track with an

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Monday’s Florida EHV-1 Status Report

The following edited release is from the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ Division of Animal Industry.


Equine Herpesvirus-1 Status Report–Florida
Revised December 25, 2006, at 12:30 pm


Nine

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Take Time to Analyze Bad Bit Manners

The average horse weighs at least five or six times the average human adult. So it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to predict who’s going to win if they get into a pulling contest.


Humans who find themselves in pulling matches with

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Md. Horse Owner Facing Criminal Charges

A Sharpsburg, Md., woman who had 74 allegedly neglected horses on her Washington County farm is facing criminal charges.

Prosecutors say Barbara Reinken has been charged with four felony counts of animal cruelty. Each is punishable by up to

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New Horse-Friendly Highway Bridges Span British Roads

Britain’s Highways Agency is today celebrating the completion of two new bridleway bridges over the M3 in Windlesham and Chobham in Surrey, after they were installed overnight on Dec. 8 and 9.

With a higher headroom clearance than the

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Florida Equine Neurologic Outbreak: Tip of the Iceberg?

The source of the current outbreak of neurologic illness in Wellington, Fla., has been traced back to a shipment of 15 horses imported from Europe the last week of November. The horses were housed together at a quarantine facility in New York.

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Gator TH 6×4 Diesel

The newest addition to the John Deere Traditional Series Utility Vehicle offering, the John Deere Gator TH 6×4 Diesel delivers exceptional work performance in a very stable, turf-friendly 6×4 configuration.

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Synthetic Surfaces: Spanning the Globe

It’s difficult to get away from talk of synthetic surfaces, whether it concerns racing in North America, Asia, Europe, or Dubai.


At this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs Nov. 4, a prominent European horseman said surfaces such as

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SmartPak to Offer Farrier’s Formula

Life Data Labs and SmartPak Equine have announced that they have entered into a partnership to make Farrier’s Formula available in SmartPaks. Farrier’s Formula is the original hoof supplement, and has been shown effective in university studies a

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Enlightened Equitation’s Fhoenix Saddle

The Fhoenix is a completely unique and revolutionary design of saddle designed to optimize comfort for both horse and rider, while being self adjusting to the fit of almost any horse or pony.

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