Healing the Hoof During Therapy or Layup
Alexandra Beckstett
December 9, 2011
Farriers can help devise a hoof care plan to helps a performance horse return to work as soon as possible.
Farriers can help devise a hoof care plan to helps a performance horse return to work as soon as possible.
In the right hands, these physical therapy methods can help rehabilitate injured horses.
You can greatly improve the health and productivity of your pastures by creating and using a winter paddock or “sacrifice area” to confine your horses.
Meg Sleeper, VMD, a cardiologist at Penn Vet will be competing in endurance at this year’s Pan Am Games.
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute will participate in this year’s NTRA Professional Education Seminar.
The first day of the Thoroughbred Genetics, Pedigree, and Performance Conference provided informative sessions
The second year of a horse’s life brings significant changes not only in his development but also his use.
While swimming-induced colic does occur, it doesn’t happen as frequently as some might have thought.
Researchers determined that few injuries occur to horses during treadmill exercise.
The second year of a horse’s life brings significant changes not only in his development, but also in his use. Lanky yearlings, though perhaps still hip-or- wither- high, broaden and become more proportional.
If you’re familiar with confinement areas, you probably think of them as small areas that don’t give horses much opportunity to move about. However, an emerging trend, called track paddocks, may change the way you view confinement areas.
Learn about how your horse’s body adapts to exercise and how to optimize his fitness.
In movies it is not unusual to see a cowboy ride his horse forever, through all types of weather and terrain; in reality, horses are equine athletes that must be properly conditioned to perform as needed. “The general design of an equine conditioning
Springtime heralds the beginning of warm, sunny days and the start of the competition season. As you plan your spring and summer training schedule, however, keep in mind that your horse’s body will need time to adjust to new demands.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) voted there was probable cause to believe that both jockey John Velazquez and chief state steward John Veitch were in violation of regulations regarding Life At Ten’s participation in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup
In reviewing the circumstances surrounding Life At Ten’s subpar performance in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KRHC) has concluded that the filly should have
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