As the issue of antibiotic resistance looms over human and animal health, veterinarians are reconsidering how antimicrobials are used and trying to educate owners along the way.
Six countries have qualified teams to participate in every equestrian sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics, and 21 have qualified at least one team, according to a recent update from the Fédération Equestre Internationale. The six countries who have qualified in all four disciplines—jumping, dressage, eventing and para-dressage—are Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, […]
The Mars Maryland 5-Star at Fair Hill has released entries for this year’s third edition, set to kick off Oct. 19 in Elkton, Maryland. A CCI3*-L and the USEA Young Event Horse East Coast Championships will be held alongside the five-star event. In the five-star, the 28 entries represent four countries—the United States, Great Britain, New […]
There aren’t many horses who could handle 120 days of stall rest with only “love and attention” to ease the stress of confinement. But Jamie Bice wasn’t surprised her mare Kilfarissey Angel didn’t need sedation to cope with four months of confinement as she recovered from a spinal injury. “Angel” is, if not an actual […]
In Kentucky, there are certain sporting events involving horses that are so well known and loved that they acquire affectionate nicknames: “The Best Two Minutes In Sports” for the Kentucky Derby, and “The Best Weekend All Year” for The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. There’s another event in Kentucky that has taken on the nickname […]
Olympic gold medal eventer Mr. Medicott, who contested two Olympic Games and one world championship for two countries during his career, died Sept. 17 at Jacqueline Mars’ Stonehall Farm in Virginia, where he lived in retirement. He was 24. This Throwback Thursday, we look back at the start of the final stage of his competitive […]
Horses are roughly 10 times the size of us as humans. That’s obvious; we all know that. But how often do we really think about the implications of our size difference? In a heartbeat, a horse could overpower and crush a person, probably without much effort. And yet, they don’t. They let us control their […]
The negative effects of obesity on horses in general—and ponies in particular—are increasingly well documented in the research literature, with serious issues ranging from equine metabolic syndrome to insulin resistance to laminitis all linked to carrying excess weight. Yet despite this, many equestrians are biased toward keeping ponies over conditioned (overweight), and new research reveals that even judges might be […]
A year after the qualifying criteria for the 2023 ASPCA Maclay Championships were revamped in a major way, the National Horse Show (Kentucky), which hosts the finals, has released new, significant changes to qualification for the 2024 finals. Historically riders were required to participate in the ASPCA Maclay Regionals to attend the finals. Due to […]
The Dressage Foundation announced that Kristina Harrison-Antell and I Felix have been selected to receive this year’s $25,000 Anne L. Barlow-Ramsay Grant for U.S.-Bred Horses. The purpose of the grant is to showcase talented U.S.-bred horses ridden by U.S. citizens by providing money to train and compete in Wellington, Florida, or in Europe. I Felix is […]
As the issue of antibiotic resistance looms over human and animal health, veterinarians are reconsidering how antimicrobials are used and trying to educate owners along the way.
Six countries have qualified teams to participate in every equestrian sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics, and 21 have qualified at least one team, according to a recent update from the Fédération Equestre Internationale. The six countries who have qualified in all four disciplines—jumping, dressage, eventing and para-dressage—are Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, […]
The Mars Maryland 5-Star at Fair Hill has released entries for this year’s third edition, set to kick off Oct. 19 in Elkton, Maryland. A CCI3*-L and the USEA Young Event Horse East Coast Championships will be held alongside the five-star event. In the five-star, the 28 entries represent four countries—the United States, Great Britain, New […]
There aren’t many horses who could handle 120 days of stall rest with only “love and attention” to ease the stress of confinement. But Jamie Bice wasn’t surprised her mare Kilfarissey Angel didn’t need sedation to cope with four months of confinement as she recovered from a spinal injury. “Angel” is, if not an actual […]
In Kentucky, there are certain sporting events involving horses that are so well known and loved that they acquire affectionate nicknames: “The Best Two Minutes In Sports” for the Kentucky Derby, and “The Best Weekend All Year” for The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. There’s another event in Kentucky that has taken on the nickname […]
Olympic gold medal eventer Mr. Medicott, who contested two Olympic Games and one world championship for two countries during his career, died Sept. 17 at Jacqueline Mars’ Stonehall Farm in Virginia, where he lived in retirement. He was 24. This Throwback Thursday, we look back at the start of the final stage of his competitive […]
Horses are roughly 10 times the size of us as humans. That’s obvious; we all know that. But how often do we really think about the implications of our size difference? In a heartbeat, a horse could overpower and crush a person, probably without much effort. And yet, they don’t. They let us control their […]
The negative effects of obesity on horses in general—and ponies in particular—are increasingly well documented in the research literature, with serious issues ranging from equine metabolic syndrome to insulin resistance to laminitis all linked to carrying excess weight. Yet despite this, many equestrians are biased toward keeping ponies over conditioned (overweight), and new research reveals that even judges might be […]
A year after the qualifying criteria for the 2023 ASPCA Maclay Championships were revamped in a major way, the National Horse Show (Kentucky), which hosts the finals, has released new, significant changes to qualification for the 2024 finals. Historically riders were required to participate in the ASPCA Maclay Regionals to attend the finals. Due to […]
The Dressage Foundation announced that Kristina Harrison-Antell and I Felix have been selected to receive this year’s $25,000 Anne L. Barlow-Ramsay Grant for U.S.-Bred Horses. The purpose of the grant is to showcase talented U.S.-bred horses ridden by U.S. citizens by providing money to train and compete in Wellington, Florida, or in Europe. I Felix is […]
