Equine News

New equine PET scan program at UC Davis proving successfuldvm360Since the arrival of a new positron emission tomography (PET) scanner in August, the University of California, Davis, veterinary hospital has become one of the first to offer equine PET sc...

Traverse City Record EagleHunting with horses and hounds rides on in MichiganTraverse City Record EagleA row of horses and their riders–foxhunters–wait at the edge of a field surrounded by woods, a road and several houses. They're there for the...

Paulick ReportRetired Valet Jim Ward, Husband Of Kentucky Equine Medical Director, Dead At 64Paulick ReportJames “Jim” William Ward, 64, a retired jockey's valet and husband of Dr. Mary (Scollay) Ward, equine medical director for the Kentucky H...

New York stewards fine Maker for taking recently claimed horses to FloridaDaily Racing FormThe New York stewards fined trainer Mike Maker for running two horses he recently claimed at Aqueduct in the Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park last weekend. The ...

Science DailyWild horse overpopulation is causing environmental damageScience DailyShe realized that agencies and authorities responsible for policies that determine the horses' fate, and advocates who lobby strongly that the horses should be cared...

Daily MailRider who took Facebook selfie with skeletal horse she rode is banned from keeping themDaily MailCharlotte McPherson, from Kidderminster, in Worcestershire, was reported to the RSPCA after she was photographed riding Thoroughbred horse Troy a...

Experts urge racing to adopt more-humane policies for horses ...Daily Racing FormThe racing industry should stake out defensible positions in its efforts to combat attacks from the animal-rights movement by adopting humane practices but ...and mor...

Several horses killed in Anderson County wreck - KXXV-TV News ...KXXV News Channel 25Several horses were killed or severely injured when the trailer they were being hauled in overturned early Saturday morning.and more »

Several horses killed in Anderson County wreckKTREOfficials with DPS say, around 5 a.m. Saturday, a Ford F-350 truck hauling a horse trailer with 14 horses inside was traveling north on Highway 287 near Elkhart, when, according to the driver of the tru...

Sheriff's deputy took 6 shots to put down wounded horse after euthanasia failedDallas News (blog)Someone called the Dallas County Sheriff's Department to report two wounded and malnourished horses on the side of the road. Deputies went to the s...