White hot: Coloured racehorse takes out third big race
Pure white mare Sodashi wins her third Group One race in Japan, and earns a Breeders’ Cup start in the US.
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Queen’s horse pipped at the post on final day of Windsor
The Queen’s home-bred five-year-old Fools Paradise, rated “a star in the making” by his rider, second in his class at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
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Webinar to explore race to head off dewormer resistance in horses
“There is much more to learn about how we as an equine community can work together to keep our horses and ponies safe.”
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Queen wins two classes on first day of Royal Windsor Horse Show
Queen Elizabeth II’s pinto Sunbeam won his class and was reserve champion, and Daydream III won the Flat Ridden Sport Horse class on the first day of competition at Windsor.
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Less invasive muzzle swabs effective at identifying EHV-1 cases in horses – study
Study team explored sampling options to identify a reliable and logistically more feasible protocol during a large equine herpesvirus-1 outbreak.
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Money, or a discipline’s popularity, should not override science on horse welfare – review
Researchers draw parallels with the climate change debate and even the “tobacco industry debacle”.
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Human vaccine for dangerous mosquito-borne viruses shows promise in clinical trial
Phase 1 clinical trial results suggest the candidate vaccine is safe, well tolerated, and induces an immune response.
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Dramatic social changes in ancient Mongolia linked to arrivals of herds and horses
New study provides support for connections between livestock dairying and the rise of social complexity on the eastern steppe.
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Microbiome’s role in foal gut health under spotlight
Why is diarrhea life-threatening in some foals, while others recover with no issues? Research into the biomarkers that denote health could be the key.
