South African Jumper Tests Positive for Prohibited Substance
The show jumping horse Felix Van De Mispelaere tested positive for vasodilator minoxidil.
The show jumping horse Felix Van De Mispelaere tested positive for vasodilator minoxidil.
Last week investigators raided three illegal slaughter farms in Loxahatchee and West Palm Beach, Florida.
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s drug testing lab is the seventh such to achieve this status.
Further, an Emirates Equestrian Federation official was provisionally suspended for failing to observe the FEI rules.
The the 4-month-old filly went missing in September. The remains showed no signs of foul play, authorities said.
The 12-year-old mare named Dotty sustained a single gunshot wound. Her remains were found on Oct. 1.
Six people were arrested following raids at the three illegal slaughter farms, some of which processed horses.
The legislation would establish an independent authority to implement a national uniform racehorse medication program.
A wild horse found at the Salt River Recreation Area in Arizona is now the subject of an animal cruelty investigation.
LG Muneerah’s sample was positive for guanabenz, a sedative with analgesic effects.
The FEI determined that feed contaminated with poppy seeds was responsible for three horses’ positive drug tests.
The BLM will offer two public tours of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Nevada on Oct. 23.
A judge has expanded a 2014 injunction to include the new owners of a plant that was once intended to process horses.

The opportunity for the public to provide input on the draft evaluation for the HMA has been extended until Oct. 20.

Meet some of the competitors from the 2015 Extreme Mustang Makeover in Nampa, Idaho.
Salahdin Du Lauragais tested positive for the banned substance reserpine, a long-lasting tranquilizer.
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