TheHorse.com and HorseRadioNetwork.com have teamed up to bring TheHorse.com users equine-related podcasts . Podcasts are audio recordings and interviews from across the industry on various topics. They range from a few minutes to an hour or more in length. They are entertaining and educational. The great thing about podcasts are that you can either listen on your computer, or you can download an individual...
I've just returned from the World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) Congress in Guaruja, Brazil. There were presenters and attendees from all over the world. One of the topics by Drs. Des Leadon and Conny Herholz focused on where the world's horse populations exist, and where the threats from international spread of equine disease will come from and how. While I'll cover this more specifically...
Even if you aren't a Thoroughbred racing fan, you would be hard-pressed not to have heard of the great racehorse Secretariat. I know his owner, Penny Chenery, from my years of working at The Blood-Horse . She's an amazing horsewoman, and a lover of her now-deceased champion. It's fitting that a Disney movie is being made about Secretariat's life. And you (well, your horse) might have...
Did you see the article http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=14641 about the 23 Saddlebreds in California that were deliberately fed a concoction of carrots, apples, and oleander leaves to try and poison them? According to Wikipedia.com, “Oleander is one of the most poisonous plants in the world and contains numerous toxic compounds, many of which can be deadly to people, especially young children...
TheHorse.com's weekly Health electronic newsletter last night passed the 150,000 subscriber mark. That's really cool! This is also the electronic newsletter that won this year's top honor for e-newsletters at the American Horse Publications annual awards contest ! And you know what's also great? It's free to anyone because our sponsor Pfizer Animal Health is like us and believes...
