Lean back in the saddle, point heels down, and let the horse pick his own way down the rocky slope. Trust the horse.
There’s little other choice. The slope is at least 45 degrees, maybe steeper. It’s also about 100 feet long. If a horse
September is National Preparedness Month. The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) is joining the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, along with other veterinary and equine organizations, to promote the need for equine emergency
The New Jersey Board of Pharmacy has approved a 14-module, eight-hour program for training pharmacy technicians at Wedgewood Pharmacy. The program was developed by the company’s Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Department. Upon completio
With alfalfa harvest falling short and much of Ohio’s pastureland unsuitable for forage due to this season’s drought, managing adequate, high-quality feed for horses has become a challenge for many owners.
Gary Wilson, an Ohio State
The Times of India reported that a 10-year-old boy was hospitalized Sunday (Sept. 2) after being dragge
The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro auction in Livingston, Mont., on Sept. 8. About 52 untrained wild horses and burros from Nevada rangelands will be available through an oral bidding process.
The adoption will b
Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences announced Aug. 27 the establishment of the Iron Rose Ranch University Chair in Equine Reproduction, funded with a $3 million gift.
The chair will enhance the
A veteran horse trainer in Jefferson County, W.Va., has pleaded no contest to one count of animal cruelty.
Dennis Danley, 54, also agreed to give up his horses and stay out of the breeding business for at least five
Officials opened emergency operations centers, moved inmates to prisons deeper inland and passed out sandbags along portions of the Texas coast as Hurricane Dean barreled toward the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Dean was several days
Equine veterinarians from around the country gathered during the first week of August to participate in a wide range of educational seminars during the 2007 Hambletonian Festival of Racing, sponsored, in part, by Pfizer Animal Health. This was
Back-to-back hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 catapulted equine enthusiasts from around the country into a
Tropical Storm Erin formed Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico and headed toward Texas, threatening to bring downpours to a state that already has had one of its rainiest summers on record.
Gov. Rick Perry ordered emergency vehicles and
A horse named Testament collapsed twice but appeared to be unharmed after apparently succumbing to heat exhaustion near the winners’ circle at Saratoga Race Course following Sunday’s first race.
“Sometimes when it’s cooler like it has been
A herd of horses from Lewisburg, Tenn., has been rescued after grass and water dried up in their pasture while their owner is on a military deployment to Iraq. (Editor’s note: it has been brought to our attention that the horses’ owner was
Baltimore authorities Aug. 9 condemned a stable housing street vendors’ horses, the The
Five bucks buys a ticket to Bill Rivers’ Saturday night rodeo and the chance to see three mules jump off a 24-foot-high platform into a six-foot-deep pool of water.
Rivers says the crowd goes wild for his “High Diving Aqua Mules” act. But
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