A federal appeals court ruled Aug. 7 that a filly can’t be named “Sally Hemings” after Thomas Jefferson’s most famous slave and reputed lover.

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, ruled that The Jockey Club can legally

Eight legendary figures from the Thoroughbred industry were inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Aug. 6, as University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino gave the keynote address at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion

The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University has named Daniel Dwight Smeak, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, director of the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Smeak will join the university from The Ohio

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced July 20 a proposal to adjust the user fees charged for veterinary diagnostic services. These user fees would be increased incrementally during fiscal

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the final defendant among 10 radical environmentalists who admitted setting fires across the West to 51 months in prison, despite his earlier pleas that the sentence be reduced.

Formal sentencing had

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Authorities raided a horse racing operation suspected of running illegal races just north of the Oklahoma-Texas border Sunday in the culmination of an undercover investigation.

Constantin Rieger, the executive director of the Oklahoma Horse

W. F. Young, maker of Absorbine Veterinary Liniment, has announced it is celebrating its 115-year anniversary. Founded in 1892 by Wilbur Fenelon Young and his wife Mary Ida, W. F. Young, Inc. is still a family-owned business, and is developing

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley formally submitted a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture requesting a Secretarial Disaster Designation for all Maryland counties impacted by the severe dry weather and excessive heat during the

Two people riding a horse along a road in northeastern Indiana were injured when the animal walked into traffic and was hit by a car. The driver of the car had minor injuries, and the horse died.

Nicholas R. Vilders, 26, and Nilah M. Mohre, 20

The Louisiana State Racing Commission has hired Tom David, DVM, as its first equine medical director.

David will supervise new and previously existing state veterinary positions. In addition, he will oversee medical and testing activities a

Hagyard Equine Medical Institute will once again offer an extensive three-day training course on August 20-22, and August 24-26, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.

This training is designed to educate first responders such as

A Niota, Tenn., horse might be confirmed as the world’s tallest when a representative from The Guinness Book of World Records measures her July 28, television station 

Although wildfires have recently burned thousands of acres in eight western states, officials in the affected regions report few fire-connected horse evacuations. They credit preparedness and a measure of good luck with preventing the need for

The American Quarter Horse Association is pleased to announce that Tractor Supply Company will continue its partnership as the official farm and ranch improvement partner of AQHA.

The arrangement will continue to offer Tractor Supply Compan