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BETA’s Claire Williams, winner of this year’s National Equine Forum (NEF) Special Covid-19 Sir Colin Spedding Award 2021, has been formally presented with the Award by NEF President Princess Anne.
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Increased time in training significantly increases the chances of jumps horses experiencing lung bleeding, researchers find.
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Eight-year-old Skye was being looked after by volunteers after his owner could no longer care for him.
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A minor injury during preparations for the Tokyo Olympics has forced the retirement of 18-year-old Wesko.
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A just-published review explores one of the most important welfare questions: How much weight is acceptable for horses and donkeys?
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Two past winners of the Kentucky Three-Day-Event, Ballynoe Castle (21) and Welton Envoy (34) have died in recent weeks.
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Funding from investment company Zenith Group and Scandinavia’s leading equestrian company Hööks Hästsport will be used to continue to develop Ridesum, which has users in 80 countries.
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Mainland Football chief executive Julian Bowden will take over as chief executive for Equestrian Sports New Zealand in early June.
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The decline seen in the abundance of Lachnospiraceae in horses fed silage was a significant finding, the researchers said.
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Donkey populations are collapsing in some countries as demand for traditional Chinese medicine ejiao has led to unsustainable numbers of donkeys being slaughtered.
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Burghley organisers aiming to deliver a “spectacular event” in 2022, after its second successive cancellation.
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The work by Gili Schvartz and her colleagues is believed to the first to confirm the presence of the virus in horses in the country.
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Brooke launches emergency appeal to raise £100,000 to support communities and working horses, donkeys and mules impacted by India’s devastating Covid-19 crisis.
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Skin expansion is an area of growing interest to vets, and the development of optimum sizes and shapes for the equine market is warranted.
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Researchers investigated the effect of two different light regimes, and two different depths of straw bedding on sleep patterns in horses. They also looked at whether the differences affected the horses’ response to a memory test.
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Standardbred foals will be microchipped from next season, and there could also be a change in birth date for the breed.
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Dr Renate Weller will take up the role of dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Calgary on September 1.
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A horse being injured as a result of wearing a head collar was reported by 31% of survey respondents.
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“It only poses a risk for injuries if the necessary requirements for this type of husbandry are not taken into account.”
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Keen runners looking for a cause and a place in this year’s London Marathon are invited to help out The Donkey Sanctuary as part of its team. A “virtual London Marathon” where runners choose their own course is also an option.
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