The International Horseshoeing Hall Of Fame and the International Equine Veterinarians Hall of Fame saluted six new members during induction ceremonies at the recent 2007 International Hoof-Care Summit

Houses get a spring cleaning, cars gets a spring tune-up … why shouldn’t horses receive the same extra attention when the weather turns warm and their duties change?

Schedule spring visits from your veterinarian, farrier, dentist and loca

Horses need physical contact just like we do. The question is which form of physical contact they prefer.

Looking at each other is not enough. For horses, sniffing, nuzzling, and rubbing are also needed. Research at the Faculty of

Kentucky Derby winner Real Quiet, who was treated at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center for abscesses in both hind feet, completed a successful test breeding March 19 at the center.

“He felt comfortable in covering the

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Recent attacks on an Aberdeenshire farm have left more than 25 horses with cut manes and tails, The Herald reported. At least 12 separate incidents have occurred since January in this

At just a hair over 17 inches tall, the miniature horse is more inclined to walk under fences than jump them.

And her owners have sheltered the mare from ever gaining “circus-sideshow” or “one-trick-pony” status.

As the world’s smallest

A vacant patch of land beside a county jail hardly seems worth fighting over, but don’t tell DeKalb County, Ala., commissioners and Sheriff Jimmy Harris.

The commission and Harris have been at odds since he built a horse pen on the tract

Wildlife Services, a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, will distribute oral rabies vaccine baits across portions of central Alabama beginning on, or about March 20, to prevent the

The University of Kentucky’s Pasture Management Program, returning for its third year with significant enhancements, is now accepting applications from central Kentucky horse farms interested in a professional evaluation and detailed

Instead of its regularly scheduled monthly meeting for March, the Maryland Agricultural Commission will hold an informational session on the 2007 Farm Bill on March 19, in the lower level conference room at the Maryland Department of Agriculture

The Equine Species Working Group has released the second edition of an informational booklet titled “NAIS and Horses: The Facts Surrounding the National Animal Identification System and the Horse Industry in the U.S.”

The NAIS is

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA, a British animal welfare organization) is urging race organizers, horse owners, trainers and jockeys to make animal welfare their top priority at the Cheltenham Festival after

The Gifford Foundation of Central New York recently approved a $150,000 grant to the Morrisville College Foundation (MCF) for its planned Equine Rehabilitation and Physiology facility.

Morrisville State College (MSC) seeks to expand the

Two speakers will open and close the Annual Meeting of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) in Sacramento, Calif., at the Hyatt Regency, April 2-5 with presentations on biofuels and food-borne illness.

Bill Jones,