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SmartVite Supplements from SmartPak

A horse’s requirements will vary with life stage, training, the type of forage fed and the kind of grain and amount consumed. Rather than target average needs with a one-size-fits-all approach like most multi-vitamins, the SmartVite line offers nine

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FDA Approves New Ulcergard Product Label

Merial has announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new product label for the company’s equine stomach ulcer product, Ulcergard, the only FDA-approved product proven to prevent stomach ulcers in horses.

The revised

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Police Horses Return to Kansas City

For the first time since 1922, police officers on horseback are patrolling Kansas City, Mo., streets again.

The unit got started in mid-August and the first two police horses are slowly getting acquainted with their new city surroundings

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High Winds in New Zealand Flip Horse Trailer

High winds over the weekend caused problems for many in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. A horse truck traveling along State Highway 50 near Takapau “was turned on its side by a gust of wind,” noted an online news story by Lucy Craymer on

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Defense Department Auction to Sell Retired Army Horses

They aren’t the usual military-surplus goods auctioned online, such as scrap metal, airplane parts or fancy tents.

Rojo and Ninety-Nine are special items with special needs.

They are 10-year-old quarter horses who have been ceremonial

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Equine Research Coordination Group Sets Goals

The Equine Research Coordination Group (ERCG), comprised of researchers and organizations that support equine research, has agreed upon and announced objectives for the coming year.


“It’s time to focus on the future of equine research,”

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Texas Horses Survive Crash

A  trailer being pulled down Highway 35W in Texas near Fort Worth overturned last night and two horses escaped onto the highway, according to an article by Matt Frazier in the Star-Telegram (

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Pennsylvania Collision Results in Woman and Horse Deaths

On Thanksgiving evening, a woman from Strasburg, Pa., was killed and her husband injured when a horse ran into the path of their car, according to a report on Lancasteronline.com. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, and

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Major Storm Heading Up East Coast

A coastal storm which brought some of the earliest snow on record to South Carolina continued to spin rain into the state Wednesday, causing some minor flooding and slowing Thanksgiving travel.

Flood warnings were issued for Chesterfield an

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