The ill-fated WEG endurance competition was abandoned amid delays, disruptions, and dangerous heat. Here’s a look back at what went wrong.
This common exercise modality can be surprisingly risky; learn how to keep your horse—and yourself—safe.
While dietary CLA didn’t appear to reduce inflammation in yearlings’ knees following induction, synovial fluid analysis showed signs of reduced cartilage degradation and improved cartilage regeneration compared to controls.
Researchers found that their technique for removing ostoechondral fragments from the hock was efficient and had few postoperative complications.
Read some of the top tweets and take-homes on topics such as lameness, equine obesity, laminitis, and more from the 2018 British Equine Veterinary Association Congress.
A fast-growing equestrian epicenter in a North Carolina hamlet prepares to host the 2018 World Equestrian Games.
Good footing, proper conditioning, balanced nutrition, and careful attention to joints and soft tissues are key to maintaining eventers, hunter/jumpers, and dressage horses.
Take steps to manage your horse’s weight and behavior while he’s cooped up.
The horse training aid researchers tested–made up of a system of loops and a pulley–could help keep rein tension levels at near zero with the horse’s nose at the vertical.
Selective breeding has led to a Thoroughbred uniquely adapted to modern racing’s demands. But it’s also led to inbreeding, and with that has come some less favorable genetic issues.
Researchers are examining inflammatory and anti-inflammatory markers’ efficacy as early indicators for potential catastrophic injuries in racehorses.
Researchers have determined that the matrix—a stretchy, sticky, weblike structure within the tendon—loses its resistance over time. This could play a role in tendon problems in old horses.
Critical conditions such as colic, injuries, and dehydration can strike when you’re at a competition with your horse. Here’s how to handle them.
Recent research suggests that bone scans in horses aren’t always accurate in diagnosing causes of lameness and poor performance in sport horses when used alone.
Learn how to manage this incurable disease that causes debilitating lameness in horses.
Veterinarians have tested a new method for assessing equine performance with positive results.
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