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Researchers Identify Key Factors for Heat Stress in Racehorses

by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA | Mar 15, 2023

Heat, humidity, and race distance significantly increase the risks of exertional heat illness in Thoroughbred racehorses on British tracks.

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Can Improved Training Strategies Prevent Racehorse Injuries?

by Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc | Feb 24, 2023

Managing the magnitude and frequency of limb loading is key to keeping horses—particularly racehorses—injury-free.

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Do COX-2-Selective NSAIDs Affect Horses’ Response to Furosemide?

by Alexandra Beckstett, The Horse Managing Editor | Feb 1, 2023

One researcher assessed the effects different NSAIDs have not only on horses’ response to furosemide but also their kidney function.

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How Does Arena Footing Affect Equine Athlete Longevity?

by Duncan Peters, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVSMR, ISELP | Jan 4, 2023

An equine sports medicine specialist shares how footing can impact soundness and offers footing selection advice.

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Minimizing Horse and Rider Risk Factors on Cross-Country

by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA | Oct 15, 2022

The cross-country phase of eventing comes with risk, but new research aims to keep horses and riders safer.

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PET Scan Might Predict Equine Fetlock Injuries

by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA | Oct 13, 2022

Researchers set out to learn if PET scans could predict and therefore help prevent potential catastrophic injuries in racehorses.

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Suspensory Ligament Branch Injuries

by Multiple Authors | Oct 5, 2022

Read about the significance and prevalence of these injuries and how veterinarians diagnose them.

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Adult Horses Get Pneumonia, Too

by Nancy S. Loving, DVM | Sep 6, 2022

This inflammation of the lungs most commonly affects foals, but that doesn’t mean your mature horse isn’t at risk.

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Biomarkers for Equine Athletes

by Equine Disease Quarterly | Jul 31, 2022

How can biomarkers be used to help improve performance and reduce injury risk in horses?

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Feeding Tevis Winners

by Shoshana Rudski | Jul 23, 2022

The first and second place finishers in the 2022 Tevis Cup describe their feed strategies.

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Feeding the Anaerobic Equine Athlete

by Katie Navarra | Jul 21, 2022

How do you build a nutritional program that supports your high-intensity equine athlete? Three experts share their advice.

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Blakeley and LLC Pyros Choice Win the 2022 Tevis Cup

by Merri Melde | Jul 18, 2022

Gabriela Blakeley and her 13-year-old Arabian gelding won the Western States Trail Ride’s 66th edition.

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