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Paraplegic Takes Cross-Country Horse-Drawn Wagon Trip

Longtime racetrack worker and paraplegic Rodney Burnett on April 28 will begin a planned 2,500-mile cross-country trip from Williston, Fla., to the West Coast in a specially built covered wagon. Pulled by a team of Morgan horses, Burnett,

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The Assure System

Assure Guard and Assure Hoof are granulated products designed to be top-dressed on your horses feed either once or twice per day. Both products start your horse on the path to gastro-intestinal stabilization and health.

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Readers Respond: Shedding Light on Spring Shedding

Nearly 2,400 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you help your horses shed their winter coats?”


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11 Horses Reported Dead in Kentucky Barn Fire

Eleven horses died in a barn fire the morning of April 19 at Fabien Ouaki’s Fab Oak Stable near Versailles, Ky. The identity of the horses has not been released because of an ongoing investigation.

Details were not immediately available. Th

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Alltech Opens Nutrigenomics Research Facility

Representatives of animal health company Alltech cut the ribbon on a new Center for Animal Nutrigenomics and Applied Animal Nutrition at the company’s corporate headquarters in Lexington, Ky., on April 20, 2008. This center is dedicate

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Racing Paint’s Winning Streak Ends at 16

Trainer Dee Keener sounded apologetic, but that doesn’t mean he also wasn’t completely thrilled.

Keener’s 4-year-old Oklahoma-bred gelding Bust N Moves upset Got Country Grip by a head in the Mr. Lewie Memorial Handicap at Remington Park on

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Owner of Dogs that Killed Horse Fined, Jailed

A judge has given a 30-day jail sentence to a Livingston County, Mich., man whose pit bulls fatally attacked a horse.

District Judge Carol Sue Reader on Tuesday also ordered 44-year-old David McGalliard to pay $221,951 and serve two years’

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House Passes Farm Law Extension

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a one-week extension of current farm law Wednesday, hoping to give Congress more time to finish a multibillion dollar farm bill that is stalled by a dispute over tax breaks.

Negotiations on the

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Pletcher Duo One-Two in Blue Grass Stakes

Trainer Todd Pletcher had just one victory at Keeneland under his belt going into the April 12 card. But he won again when it counted, and with Monba and Cowboy Cal finishing 1-2 in the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I), it looks like

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Scottsdale to Have Dust Exemptions for Horse Owners

Scottsdale, Ariz., officials are looking toward creating possible exemptions for horse owners to new city anti-dust laws.

The new rules require private property owners to apply anti-dust treatments–such as chemicals, water, or crushed rock–to

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American Horse Council Names New Legislative Director


Ben Pendergrass recently joined the American Horse Council (AHC) and will serve as the group’s new legislative director.


Pendergrass came to the AHC after serving as a legislative aide to Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico for

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Farrier Appreciation Week in July

In recognition of the work performed by hoofcare professionals, National Farriers Week will be held this year from July 6 to 12. Organizers hope horse owners, trainers, riders, grooms, equine veterinarians, and others will take the time to

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