Trainer Runs Horse to Exhaustion, Has License Revoked
Ron Mitchell/The Horse
June 8, 2011
Stewards at Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa, have revoked Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Joseph
How to care for the basic health needs of horses
Stewards at Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa, have revoked Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Joseph
Uncle Mo continues to exhibit positive signs of improving health and is on target to resume light training in
A Thoroughbred filly undergoes arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone chip from her left hind fetlock, increasing her chances of staying sound for horse racing. Dr. Chris Johnson of Woodford Equine Hospital in Versailles, Ky, explains the procedure.
According to a recent study, doing some at-home preparations could aid horses in staying calm when faced with
Embattled Thoroughbred trainer Rick Dutrow made a plea for his career June 3 when he told a New York hearing
Sooner or later, your horse will come in with a wound. Do you know the best first-aid approach for his needs?
Equine proliferative enteropathy, a gastrointestinal disease of foals and weanlings that’s increasing in
Does a horse’s daily job affect his or her personality? A a group of French researchers recently used ethology
Uncle Mo has a case of cholangiohepatitis, which, is a severe inflammation of the bile passages and adjacent
The latest therapies for injured tendons and ligaments focus on rebuilding tissue to its original strength.
Equine herpesvirus-1 is a highly contagious infection that can cause respiratory disease in weanlings and young horses, abortion in pregnant mares, and neurologic disease in adult horses. Herpesvirus is widespread in the equine population.
Intensive use of anthelmintics has fueled parasite resistance to these drugs; here’s how to combat resistance.
Compounded or customized medications fulfill a critically important role in horse health care; however, these tailored medications aren’t always what compounders claim them to be, and some are illegal.
How you manage, feed, and care for your young horse can affect his future performance.
Why does my blind horse constantly pace in circles in an anticlockwise direction?
I own a 5-year-old Friesian cross mare that I have had since her birth; she i
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