I’ve worn many hats, figuratively and literally, in the course of a long veterinary career, and with each of them I have done my best to improve the quality of life for our equine friends.

I’m wearing a new hat these days: chairman of th

The State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla., and the horse barns at the arena will get an additional $20 million in improvements.

The City Council approved the expenditure because of higher-than-expected hotel tax revenues.

The

Wisconsin has more human cases of lyme disease than many other states.

A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Wisconsin is among ten states that account for 93% of all cases nationwide.

More than

 A barn fire at an award-winning American Saddlebred farm in south-central Kentucky killed 24 horses, the owner said Wednesday.

Seven colts and 17 mares were in the barn at 3-T Farm in Allen County when the fire broke out Tuesday morning,

It’s a story Saudi Arabia decided was worth $2.3 million to share with horse enthusiasts in the United States.

Every Thoroughbred can trace its lineage back to one of three 17th Century Arabian stallions–a kinship that has always provided an

The American Quarter Horse Association?s newest program–Trail Trotters–participated in National Trails Day June 2 with horseback riders and trail users banding together to complete trail restoration projects across the country.

This year,

The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) recently selected the 2007-2008 Scholarship winners. Each winner will be awarded $1,000 towards their academic studies.

The winners are:

• Randi Black of Versailles, Ky.–Attending the

All it takes is one ride, and from now through 2009 America?s Horse Cares will have the opportunity to provide many more rides, thanks to a major gift from AQHA?s corporate partner Farnam. The official dewormer of AQHA, Farnam, will be donating

The British Horse Society is calling for changes to be introduced at Appleby Horse Fair after a horse drowned at this year’s event. Around 1,500 horses were bought and sold June 7-13 at the horse fair in Appleby-in-Westmorland, U.K.

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Driver Joe Pavia Jr. was hospitalized after being thrown from his sulky in an accident involving three horses at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J., on Saturday night.

Two other drivers–Jim Meittinis and Greg Merton–were unseated bu

Derby winning jockey Calvin Borel and trainer Carl Nafzger are among the celebrity bartenders who will take part in a fundraising event supporting the Backside Learning Center and the Race for Education to be held at the Kentucky Derby Museum

The circus came to town Friday, but a few wayward animals put on their own show.

Four zebras and three horses from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus took an unscheduled run on a road just outside Colorado Spring’s World

The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated its historic grand reopening Saturday, June 9, with record attendance and activities planned for people of all ages. More than 2,100 people toured the museum on opening day in

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for shooting a horse in Shirley, Ind. The $2,500 reward offered by the

A veterinarian with government experience in North Carolina and Michigan has been hired as Montana’s state veterinarian.

Martin Zaluski, DVM, who headed emergency programs within North Carolina’s agriculture department, will begin his new

Ray Paulick, editor-in-chief of The Blood-Horse, has been elected to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s board of directors.
 
“We are very pleased that someone of Ray Paulick’s stature sought to join the TRF board,” sai