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Working Cow Horse Competition to Air on NBC Jan. 4

American Quarter Horses will return to nationwide television for the fourth year in another NBC Sports special. The AQHA America’s Horse Championships presented by Bank of America is a special, one-hour broadcast of some of the most exciting

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Keeneland Reviews 2008 Equine Contributions

Keeneland announced its 2008 contributions at its annual holiday luncheon Dec. 16, reporting for the first time funding for community and charitable organizations as well as the association’s reinvestment in equine-related initiatives.

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Honduras Horse Program Needs Help

Amigos de Jes?s, an orphanage in Macuelizo, Honduras, is asking for some help from horse owners this Christmas season. The group has an agricultural program, which includes equine husbandry. They currently have seven horses, two burros, and two

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Kentucky Racing Looks to Streamline Equine Paperwork

Problems associated with having the necessary paperwork transferred in an efficient and timely matter for horses that move from state to state to compete were the focal point of discussion at the Dec. 15 meeting of the Kentucky Horse Racing

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Herb Shown to Reduce Inflammation in Equine Study

Move over glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, there might be a new supplement in town. In a clinical trial involving 74 trotting horses, LitoVet, a rose hip powder manufactured specifically for animals by HybenVital in Denmark, had an

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Palomino Thoroughbred in Upcoming Keeneland Sale

Splash of Vanilla, a filly by Ballado Chieftan, probably will attract plenty of attention at the upcoming Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington because of her golden color. She is registered as a palomino.

It will be the first

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University of Minnesota Offers Horse Owner Education Programs

The University of Minnesota Horse Team is offering three regional horse owner education programs throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin in 2009. Each program offers research-based information and knowledgeable speakers identified specificall

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WEG Equine Piroplasmosis Protocol Released

After years in development, a plan that allows horses positive for equine piroplasmosis to enter the United States in order to compete in the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games was recently presented to the F?d?ration Equestre Internationale

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Barbaro Fund Supports Reseach Projects

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Dec. 5 that its subsidiary, NTRA Charities, has disbursed $90,801 in support of one new and two continuing equine medical research projects.


The disbursements were made from the NTRA

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Thoroughbred Wild Again Euthanized at Age 28

Three Chimneys Farm owner Robert Clay announced Dec. 5 that inaugural Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner and prolific stallion Wild Again was euthanized earlier in the day due to the infirmities of old age. He will be buried in the stallion

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British Thoroughbred Sale Tattersalls Down 51%

Tattersalls’ December sale ended quietly in England with a breeding stock session in which a 3-year-old colt, sold as a jumping prospect, topped trade at 65,000 guineas. The other figures for Dec. 4 were 139 horses sold, a gross of 656,650

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Funny Cide Arrives at the Kentucky Horse Park

Funny Cide was officially welcomed to his new home at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Hall of Champions Dec. 5, becoming the second Kentucky Derby winner and champion to take up residence there in just over a month.

Like his immediate predecessor at

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