May 7, 2008

Readers Respond: Take the Pain Away

Nearly 1,200 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What concerns do you have about short- and long-term pain management in horses?”

Results were as follows (multiple selections were allowed): 

Side effects, such as…

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May 7, 2008

Massachusetts Horse Cruelty Case Continued Again

While her owner ponders his legal options, Quincy, the lame 29-year-old mare at the center of a controversial animal cruelty case, remains in the care of an unnamed Massachusetts equine clinic.
“She’s as well as can be expected,” said Richard LeBlond,…

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May 7, 2008

World Equestrian Games 2010, United Way Partnering

The World Games 2010 Foundation will partner with United Way of the Bluegrass for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

As an official community partner, United Way of the Bluegrass will showcase Central Kentucky’s sense of community to thousands…

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May 7, 2008

Healthy Horses Workshop on Dentistry

During the annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, one day is set aside for horse owners in the area to listen to experts in the field lecture and demonstrate on specific aspects involved in the overall wellness, training,…

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May 7, 2008

Seven Confirmed to Run in the Preakness

With the May 17 Preakness Stakes days away, the field set to test Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown continues to change as the connections of some of the top 3-year-olds weigh a start in the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course….

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May 7, 2008

Diagnostic and Surgical Arthroscopy in the Horse

Arthroscopic surgery, developed in the horse in the 1970s, is the keyhole technique by which surgery is performed on equine joints for traumatic injury, fractures within joints, soft tissue injury, and abnormal joint development in young horses, such…

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May 7, 2008

PETA Demonstrates; Could Pursue Charges

A spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which staged a peaceful demonstration May 6 in front of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority office near Lexington, said similar demonstrations are planned for upcoming Triple Crown…

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May 7, 2008

Vermont Firefighters Pull Horse From Well

Pittsford, Vt., firefighters rescued a horse that had fallen six or seven feet into an open well.
Fire Chief Tom Hooker said when firefighters arrived on Monday evening the animal was completely submerged in water.
Rescuers used a hose with rope…

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May 7, 2008

Air Your Thoughts on Eight Belles

The Blood-Horse, sister publication to The Horse, has set up an open blog so that readers can share their thoughts on and memories of Eight Belles. It can be accessed through Eight Belles Memory Wall.  
Eight Belles, owned by Rick Porter, ran…

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May 7, 2008

Chelokee’s Surgery Goes ‘Very Well’

Chelokee, who dislocated his right front ankle May 2 at Churchill Downs, underwent surgery that “went very well” May 5 at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, according to Larry Bramlage, DVM, Dipl. ACVS. He added that “everything had gone as…

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