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Study: Topical Allergy Cream Can Produce Systemic Effects in Horses

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:26:17 GMT

Glucocorticoid cream applied at normal doses onto healthy equine skin will be quickly absorbed into the body's system and can generate adverse systemic effects, said German researchers in a new study report. As a result, it can also cause...

Horses Abandoned in Trailer, Driver Charged

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:50:13 GMT

Seven horses that were abandoned in a trailer on the side of the road in Edmonton, Alberta, last week are doing well in foster care and are waiting to be claimed by their owner. Meanwhile, the driver of the trailer has been charged under Alberta's...

USEF Medication Group Proposes Further Restriction of NSAIDs

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:01:18 GMT

The U.S. Equestrian Federation's Drugs and Medications Committee has reviewed a motion to further restrict the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in horses at USEF licensed competitions. The group put forth a rule change proposal...

Equine Welfare Consensus Reached By AQHA, Partners

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:59:40 GMT

Equine industry alliance partners reached a general consensus involving humane treatment and equine welfare during a meeting October 20 and 21 at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo, Texas. Meeting participants discussed...

Horse Market Rebound Unlikely at Keeneland Thoroughbred Sale

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:39:32 GMT

The Keeneland November breeding stock sale was hammered last year by the global financial crisis, suffering alarming downturns of 45.5% in gross, 39% in average price, and 42.9% in median price after a record-setting run in 2007. This year, consignors...

Safety Net for Appaloosa Horses Established

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:25:18 GMT

In March 2009, the Appaloosa Horse Club members received an e-mail blast about a family with 80 Appaloosa horses they needed help finding homes for as they could no longer afford to feed them. Just two months later, two month-old Appaloosa fillies...

Spooky Steeds: Readers Share Halloween Horse Plans

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:47:49 GMT

More than 570 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, "Are you dressing your horse up for Halloween?" Results were as follows: No, I don't have...

Zenyatta Tops Horse of the Year Poll

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:32:16 GMT

Zenyatta has reclaimed the top spot in the final National Thoroughbred Racing Association poll of 2009. The poll, which covers racing performances through Nov. 8, was released Nov. 9. Voters rated the horses on a scale of 10 down to one. Zenyatta...

Study: Horse Manure Storage Conditions Impact Fecal Egg Counts

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:02:55 GMT

Environmental conditions during collection and storage of equine fecal samples impact the resulting fecal egg counts (FECs), report parasitologists from both Denmark and the United States. "Due to the concern regarding anthelmintic resistance...

225 Free Horses Placed via Adoption Listings on TheHorse.com

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:39 GMT

In a little more than a year, 225 Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds have found new homes via their free listings on TheHorse.com's adoption service. The service is a bulletin board on which owners can list any Thoroughbred or Standardbred offered...

U.K. Pony Euthanized After Fireworks Injury

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:47:52 GMT

A pony in Dartford, U.K., had to be put down Friday morning after he panicked and crashed into a lamppost during fireworks, Horse and Hound reported. The 5-year-old gelding was found lying in the road after police received reports of a pony galloping...

Trotter Mr. Muscleman Joins Horse Park Hall of Champions

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:43:10 GMT

The Kentucky-born trotter Mr. Muscleman, a winner of $3,582,823, has a new home at the Kentucky Horse Park. He arrived on October 16, and will take up residence in the Hall of Champions along with the other breed ambassadors. The 9-year-old Standardbred...

AVMA Pushing Vet School Loan Repayment Aid

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:10:15 GMT

"Congratulations, you've finally earned your veterinary degree. Here's a bill for $130,000." Veterinary school graduates are entering the profession today with educational debt that resembles an average mortgage in the United...

Horse of the Year: Rachel or Zenyatta?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:27:02 GMT

The much anticipated race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta? Well, it's on, but only on paper. Horse racing's top two ladies will duke it out among voters for Horse of the Year honors after never meeting on the track. Each of them...

Name an Assateague Island Wild Foal

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:21:30 GMT

Naming rights to a wild Assateague Island foal will be auctioned online starting Nov. 8. This is the second auction organized by the Assateague Island Alliance. The four foals will be placed in the Assateague Island Alliance's Foster...

Gigu�re Receives Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Applied Equine Research Award

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:27:41 GMT

Steeve Giguère, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, a University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine professor and the Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair in Equine Studies, recently received the Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Applied Equine Research...

Colorado State Vet Teaching Hospital Unveils New PET/CT Scanner

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:00:42 GMT

A ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 2 marked the unveiling of a new PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) scanner at the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital that is the first of its kind in any hospital in the...

Lillie Langtry Suffers Knee Fracture

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:31:06 GMT

Thoroughbred Lillie Langtry, the beaten favorite in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, suffered a slab fracture in a knee during the race. John Magnier of Coolmore, co-owner of the filly, was quoted in The Racing Post as saying,...