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Equine ER's Favorite Things!

Oprah isn’t having her Favorite Things show this year so, yes, we are going to fill the gap a tiny bit with: Equine ER’s Favorite Things! All of the items below I use out in the field for work, and they would double as holiday gifts. I chose them based on 1) the most bang for my buck, 2) durability, and 3) most of all, ease of use. Even if you’re technically challenged, you won’t have a problem using... Read More

Steroid detective

One of the most famous scientists and steroid detectives in the world, Dr. Don Catlin, has turned his sights to horses. Today's blog post is taken from my profile of Catlin in the new issue of Keeneland magazine (Winter, 2009). Catlin is the scientist wholly responsible for busting steroid-using athletes such as major league baseball player Barry Bonds and track star Marion Jones. Now, in partnership... Read More

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What's on Equine ER's playlist?

Equine surgeons love music in the operating room. Dr. Larry Bramlage, for one, is a big fan of David Allen Coe, the outlaw country and western artist. This writer needs her music as well. Here's some of what was on my playlist as I reported and wrote Equine ER . I loved driving around horse country at six a.m. through the mist listening to Purple Rain. 1. When Your Mind's Made Up (from the soundtrack... Read More

Prison horse: Marching Orders video

On Monday, we concluded our excerpt from the new book Equine ER about Marching Orders, the stoic Thoroughbred with the big heart who transformed an inmate's life. Today we have a video about the chapter. The footage of Chris Huckleby was shot last year by Equine ER author Leslie Guttman right after Huckleby violated his parole upon finding out about Marching Orders' death. (Although the video says... Read More

Part 8 of Marching Orders: The inmate finds out what happened

On Thursday in Part 7 of this excerpt from the new book Equine ER , Marching Orders, the stoic Thoroughbred with the big heart, died on the operating table because of complications from a portion of his small colon being trapped inside a diaphragmatic hernia. Today, we find out what happened when the inmate whose life the horse transformed, and who was intending to adopt him, found out about Marching... Read More

Part 7 of Marching Orders: What happened in the operating room

Equine ER author Leslie Guttman at the Kentucky Book Fair this Saturday, Nov. 7! On Monday in Part 6 of this excerpt from the new book Equine ER , we returned to the operating room where surgeon Scott Hopper was trying to remove a portion of the small colon trapped in a diaphragmatic hernia of Marching Orders. Today, we find out what happened to the stoic Thoroughbred with the big heart who transformed... Read More

Part 6 of Marching Orders: Struggling

On Thursday in Part 5 of this excerpt from the new book Equine ER , we returned to the operating room where surgeon Scott Hopper was trying to remove a portion of the small colon trapped in a diaphragmatic hernia of Thoroughbred Marching Orders. Today, we go back to the operating room. The mood in the operating room was relaxed and a little chatty. Dr. Scott Hopper had his left arm in the horse’s abdomen... Read More

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