Welfare and Industry

Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends

NYRA Makes Security Barn Adjustments

The New York Racing Association is “100% committed” to race day security barns, but has taken immediate action to address concerns expressed by horsemen at Saratoga Race Course, NYRA president Charles E. Hayward said July 29.


Hayward’s

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USDA Horse Slaughter Inspectors Face Elimination

The House of Representatives passed the 2006 Agriculture Appropriations bill (H.R. 2744) on June 8. Included in the bill was amendment 236, which will end funding for horse slaughter plant inspectors during the 2006 federal fiscal year.

The

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McCarron Chooses TRF Retirees for Racing Academy

Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron has entered into an agreement with the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) to supply horses for the North American Racing Academy, a riding school McCarron will open later this year.
 
McCarron’

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C. Immitis Antibody Prevalence

Horses can get the potentially severe and fatal disease coccidioidomycosis from the fungus Coccidioides immitis, which grows in portions of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. However, researchers have discovered that just

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Evidence Heard in Cocaine Case in Australia

Racing New South Wales stewards opened an inquiry on Monday (July 25) into the analyst’s finding of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, in the urine sample taken from the 3-year-old filly Love You Honey, who finished unplaced in race seven

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Repeat Horse Abuser Arrested

Georgia Department of Agriculture officials removed seven starving and dehydrated horses from James Leonard Baxley’s Appling, Ga., farm on July 15, said Linda Fulmer, manager of Colombia County Animal Care and Control in the eastern part of the

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Leadership AQHA Applications Due

You can help lead the largest equine breed association in the world, the American Quarter Horse Association, by applying for Leadership AQHA, the Association’s training program to identify and train future leaders.


AQHA is accepting

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Nygaard Going to Jail for Animal Cruelty

After showing up to her sentencing 20 minutes late on July 19, Kathleen Nygaard faces 90 days in jail, according to WLEX-TV. Nygaard is charged with seven counts of animal cruelty after humane officials were alerted to dead and starving horses i

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Learn from Mounted Police–Sensory Training Clinic

School your horse with techniques used by police officers to promote confidence and employ strategies for desensitizing your horse to noise, crowds, and obstacles. This all-day clinic at the Kentucky Horse Park, Sept. 2 from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

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Veterinarian Alex Harthill Dead at 80

Alexander Harthill, DVM, a renowned Central Kentucky racehorse veterinarian known as “Derby Doc” to his colleagues, died July 16. He was 80 years old.


Harthill died at Hospice and Palliative Care in Louisville, Ky., after complications

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Launch of BMC Veterinary Research

BioMed Central recently announced the launch of BMC Veterinary Research, the first international open access journal to cover all areas of veterinary science and medicine. BMC Veterinary Research is the latest addition to the

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