avVaa World Health Care Products Inc., a global biotechnology company offering therapeutic, natural skin and health care products, announced today that it has signed a spokesman agreement with Doug Mills of Training Thru Trust,
State troopers and natural resources police are charging the owner of Bethany Beach Kennels in Ocean View, Del., following the discovery that a dead horse believed to have been cremated never was.
The 32-year-old Arabian mare belonged to
Bowl Game, the champion turf male of 1979 who was believed to be the oldest living Eclipse Award winner, was euthanatized due to the infirmities of old age Nov. 10 at the age of 32. Under the care of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation since
A tractor-trailer plowed into a mule-drawn covered carriage that was returning from the annual town festival in Alapaha, Ga., Saturday (Nov. 11), killing three people and injuring three others.
The victims, who were all related, had left th
Giacomo, upset winner of the 2005 Kentucky Derby (gr. I), has been retired to Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs Farm near Midway, Ky. The 4-year-old son of Holy Bull will stand for a live foal fee of $12,500.
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A cross-section of prominent participants from the Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry who participated in the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit in Lexington, on Oct. 16-17, have drafted recommended
Merial has announced that top eventing rider and 2006 World Equestrian Games Bronze Medalist, Amy Tryon will become the newest member of Team UlcerGard. Tryon will join other top equestrian athletes, including Darren Chiacchia, John Williams, an
Each Probios treat contains live, naturally occurring microorganisms that restore and maintain the natural balance of digestive bacteria in the horse’s gut.
For the second time in six months, tragedy struck one of Thoroughbred racing’s showcase events. The arrival of a new racing surface, however, could usher in an era of safer American tracks.
Pine Island was fatally injured and Fleet Indian
An equine ambulance was delayed in getting to Fleet Indian after the mare injured her left front suspensory ligament during the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Distaff because Churchill Downs personnel were following state regulations regarding
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro’s right hind leg cast was removed today (Nov. 6), according to his medical team. “Barbaro was placed under general anesthesia for the cast removal,” said Dean W. Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of surgery. “In
The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Association is pleased to announce that the parentage verification program for Tennessee Walking Horse registrations will be converted from blood typing to DNA beginning January 1, 2007.
Two Texas A&M students have been charged with cruelty to animals and criminal mischief for killing a horse in Bryan, Texas, reports The Bryan-College Station Eagle.
Kenneth Ryan Peterson, 21, and Walter Ray Williams, 20,
No matter what happens — even on the biggest day in thoroughbred racing — Bernardini seems destined to remain shadowed by Barbaro.
The Kentucky Derby winner is recovering from a devastating misstep at the start of the Preakness in what ha
A horse trainer and owner has sued the operators of two race tracks in Florida and Kentucky that he claims drugged and physically abused his Thoroughbreds, and allowed other jockeys to maneuver their steeds into his horses during races.
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The individuals associated with undefeated Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro — veterinary surgeon Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center — and veteran racing journalis
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