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Horses Have Floor Color Preferences

Getting ready to paint a concrete aisle floor or put colored mats in your wash stall? What’s the most inviting color? Fear not–there’s guidance in science. Researchers have found that horses react more to yellow, white, black, and blue floors,

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Aulisi Named Acting Museum of Racing Director

Joseph E. Aulisi has been named the acting director of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, museum president Stella F. Thayer announced Oct. 12.

Aulisi replaces Peter Hammell, who resigned his position. Hammell has been the

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Saratoga Springs TRF Event to Feature Adoptable Horses

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation will have an open house Oct. 21 at the Saratoga Farms Equine Center in Saratoga Springs to showcase recently rescued ex-racehorses who are available for adoption.

The event will take place from 12 to 3

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“Houdini” Pony Tracks Down Owner

The BBC reports that an 18-year-old Welsh cob pony, “Basil,” recently escaped from his new home and “hot hoofed three miles in the dark” back to the farm

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Hyperhydration and Cross Country Day

How much hydration is enough, and how much is excessive? Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently found that hyperhydrating (giving extra fluids to) equine athletes before a simulated cross country day of a three-da

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1812 Re-enactor Healing from Riding Accident

A sheriff’s deputy said he’s walking again six weeks after breaking his pelvis during a re-enactment of a War of 1812 battle that was being filmed for the History Channel.


Howard County sheriff’s deputy Richard Ferguson, 47, said he lost

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Horse Dies in Crash with NYC Taxi

A startled horse being ridden by a teenage boy at the edge of a park in New York collided with a taxi Sunday, critically injuring the boy and killing the animal, police said.

The 13-year-old boy was thrown to the ground and suffered head

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SmartPak Offering New Cosequin Blend

SmartPak Equine and Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. are partnering to introduce a special version of Cosequin designed for the horse in intensive training and competition. The product is called Cosequin SP and is available exclusively through SmartPak.

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Mule Clone Running in World Championship Futurity

The University of Idaho mule clone Idaho Gem, the world’s first clone born in the horse family, will compete in the top race of the season for 3-year-old mules on the California fair racing circuit today (Oct. 8).

The American Mule Racing

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Three New Series to Debut on HorseTV

Three new series and continued world premiere coverage of the FEI World Equestrian Games 2006 lead The HorseTV Channel’s October premiere program lineup.

“As we approach the one year anniversary of our launch, it’s rewarding to review the

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