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British Equestrian Trade Association Executive Director Claire Williams went “above and beyond” for horse-related businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. She has received the special Sir Colin Spedding Award for 2021.
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“The level of the course had no significant effect on average and maximum heart rates throughout the entire exercise.”
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Measures should be taken to prevent further spread of the disease, the case report team said.
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The FEI is using data gathered from this outbreak to evaluate the effectiveness of the EHV-1 vaccine.
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Repeated exposures to pasture with other horses may be required to ensure a bloom of butyrate-producing bacteria, driving long-lasting healthy changes.
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Alexander Blinov, 66, won team gold and individual silver at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.
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The 10th European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress is being held as a virtual event later this month, and there will be three additional follow-up webinar sessions.
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Computer-driven analysis could see differences in horses exposed to a load of 10% and 15% of their body weight.
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Animal welfare had been a lifelong passion for Dr Mary-Lorraine Hughes, particularly the welfare of working animals, whom she said are owed “an enormous debt of care by humankind”.
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The very aggressive strain of the neurological form of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) originated in Spain and has already resulted in related outbreaks in at least three other countries in Europe.
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Researchers in Finland examine 261 trotters after races to find risk factors for mouth lesions.
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Britain’s flagship horse trials event cancelled and New Zealand’s Horse of the Year show also succumbs to Covid-19 restrictions.
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The seventh Thoroughbred Owner Conference is being held as a series of 10 virtual panels on the first Tuesday of every month for the duration of the year.
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Tributes have flowed from the racing world following the passing of Dr A Gary Lavin, a president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) and the first veterinarian elected to The Jockey Club.
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Carlchen posts a US Eventing Association advanced dressage record with a score of 15.0 at the Pine Top Advanced Horse Trials in Georgia.
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“It represents a unique find, which has no parallel in Italy thus far.”
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The first meeting of Days End Farm Horse Rescue’s Inspirational Book Club in March will be about the #1 bestseller by Charles Mackesy, “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”.
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Complications related to their use highlight the need for further investigation into the effects of tongue-ties on soft tissues.
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Following the tradition of naming its Grevy’s zebra offspring after Star Wars inspired names, Toronto Zoo welcomes young Poe.
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Samantha Harvey says trying to “fix” unwanted riding “issues” if you are unaware of your body, physical triggers, the trickle-down effect, and mannerisms in which you compensate, is near impossible.
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