Today’s EC Foal Photo of the Day features “Gin,” a 2013 double registered filly by Double Up Investment and out of Treasure Detail. She was bred and is owned by the Pfeiffer family. Photos sent in by Alexis Pfeiffer. If you have a foal photo you’d like to share, send it to b.bevis@equinechronicle.com today.  

It isn’t always about the size of the horse in the fight, but the size of the fight in the horse. If you think you have a good photo that would be perfect for the EC Photo of the Day, send it to b.bevis@equinechronicle.com

With rising feed and fuel prices and a weak economy, saving on equine health care can provide some relief to horse owners’ pocketbooks. At the brand new MerialEquineRebates.com, horse owners will find rebate coupons for significant savings on ULCERGARD® (omeprazole), GASTROGARD® (omeprazole), MERIAL® brand vaccines, ZIMECTERIN® (ivermectin) brand products and EQUIOXX® (firocoxib). “We know horse […]

Horse owners can receive a free Healthy Horse Travel Kit this summer by purchasing $200 worth of qualifying Zoetis vaccines and/or dewormers. To claim their kits quickly and easily, horse owners can submit their proof of purchase via text message. After making their purchase, horse owners can simply text EQUINE and a photo of their […]

After a foot or leg injury, often the horse owner, veterinarian and farrier must work together as a team to facilitate the most effective way to medically treat the injury (if anti-inflammatory drugs are needed, for instance) and trim/shoe and rehabilitate that horse for optimum recovery. Careful rehabilitation therapy will often speed healing and help […]

Potomac Horse Fever occurs mainly during summer and fall. It was first documented in the Potomac River Valley of Maryland in l979 but has been diagnosed in nearly every state, every Canadian province, Europe and South America.

Many riders and trainers believe the tighter they fasten a horse’s noseband, the more control they will have while riding. True, tight nosebands increase a horse’s sensitivity to the bit, but they could also inflict pain and cause tissue damage, said Orla Doherty, MVB, MSc, MRCVS, of University College Dublin and the University of Limerick. […]

“After the class, an AQHA Past President indicated that Caleb was the first African American youth to win a World title in halter,” Dr. Fields says. “I was unable to confirm this with AQHA, but they were certain that there were none in the past 20 years.”