The Jockey Club staff conducted numerous inspections of farms in nine states in late December in check on broodmares with early 2006 breeding or foaling dates.

?Our Registry staff observed a small number of foals that had been born prior

A South Dakota state Game, Fish and Parks Department official says he cannot confirm a report Friday of a possible mountain lion attack on a horse in Hughes County.

The horse had wounds on its neck and shoulder, but Andy Lindbloom, regional

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro’s status is essentially the same. “The shoe on his right hind foot was further modified as his strength improved,” said Dean W. Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of surgery.

“We are aware that there is some

Gordon Woods, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACT, the University of Idaho veterinary scientist who helped create the world’s first cloned mules, has left the school to take a job at Colorado State University.

In 2003, Woods, veterinary scientist Dirk

Calder Racecourse’s Grand Slam III card will be short seven scratched entries as a result of a Dec. 29 decision by Florida state officials to keep the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) quarantine in place at Payson Park Training Center.

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There is no question 2006 was the year of Barbaro. The unbeaten colt was sensational on that first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs, turning in a performance in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) that lifted the hopes of racin

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Bloodhorse.com, sister site to TheHorse.com, has established a photo gallery of Barbaro: “A tribute to the heroic Kentucky Derby winner who won the

It’s been a Barbaro Christmas at the New Bolton Medical Center. America’s favorite horse, who this year was given the greatest gift of all, has been inundated with Christmas presents and cards from his ever-growing legion of fans and admirers

They’ve written Christmas carols for him.

They’ve sent him “trees” made of baby organic carrots and green apples.

Someone even gave him a Christmas stocking.

The devoted fans of Barbaro see the colt’s recovery as a wonder

Barbaro, winner of the Kentucky Derby, was examined Dec. 19 by Scott Morrison, DVM, head of the equine podiatry service at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., who did some minor work on Barbaro’s left hind foot.

“Barbaro is

The Maryland Jockey Club has changed the name of the Sir Barton Stakes to the Barbaro Stakes. The 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds is one of eight added money races on the Preakness undercard.

Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, is

Because of the recent equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) outbreak in Florida, Keeneland officials have issued additional requirements that must be met before horses enter the sale grounds in Lexington for the January horses of all ages auction.

Co-owner Roy Jackson said it still has not been determined where Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will go once he leaves the New Bolton Center, but that the colt’s ability to get regular exercise will be a priority.

Jackson, who with his wife