The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission announced Monday that Medina Spirit, who finished first in the Kentucky Derby on May 1 before testing positive for an anti-inflammatory that is banned on race day, was formally disqualified and stripped of his victory. Did the winner of the Kentucky Derby get disqualified 2022? Read more…
For 1973, Secretariat was again named Horse of the Year and also won Eclipse Awards as the American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and the American Champion Male Turf Horse. Was Secretariat a mare or stallion? Secretariat was a legendary thoroughbred racehorse whose name reigns supreme in the history of racing. Read more…
Although there have only been a few reported cases of dogs contracting equine strangles, they have occurred. Can strangles be passed to other animals? Strangles is highly contagious. It can spread rapidly from animal to animal and is one of the more common bacterial infections of horses. Can dogs get Read more…
Glanders is an infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei. While people can get the disease, glanders is primarily a disease affecting horses. It also affects donkeys and mules and can be naturally contracted by other mammals such as goats, dogs, and cats. What diseases can humans Read more…
barbed wire. Any wire fence should be smooth — not barbed wire. Barbed wire injures horses. Electric fences should have smooth wire or it can be plastic coated. What fencing is safest for horses? Mesh wire fencesMesh wire fences are strong, durable and considered one of the safest fences for Read more…
Unsuitable fencing for horses Never use barbed wire with horses as it can cause severe and permanent injury if horses get caught or snagged by it. What fencing is safest for horses? Mesh wire fencesMesh wire fences are strong, durable and considered one of the safest fences for horses. They Read more…
For boundary fences, rounded corners are somewhat safer than square corners. The rounded outline minimizes the chance that a horse will get driven into a corner and bullied by another animal, and horses that are galloping in the field will be directed to turn rather than running into the fence. Read more…
wooden rails. The most traditional fencing is wooden rails—either log or planks. Cedar logs are often used, as are two-by-ten-inch planks held with posts that are a minimum of four inches in diameter. Injuries to horses can occur when logs or rails splinter if broken. Some horses like to chew Read more…
Sharing a horse is where the horse owner forms a partnership with another rider to share the riding and sometimes other duties involved in caring for the horse. What does it mean to share a horse? Essentially a horse share is what it says on the tin. A horse owner Read more…
Horse sharing can be beneficial and rewarding for both the original owner and shared carer. Not only can it give an inexperienced horse the lover the chance to take responsibility, but it can help an owner give their horse the care they cannot provide themselves. Can two people share a Read more…