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Horse-Sitting 101: Legalities to Consider
Eliminate some of the anxiety of leaving your horse with a sitter by preparing for the trip in advance.
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The Prepurchase Exam
A prepurchase examination or "vet check" of a potential horse purchase can identify any physical problems.
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Kentucky Farm-Level Equine Receipts Increase in 2011
September 30, 2012
After declining for three straight years, Kentucky farm-level equine receipts increased in 2011.... Read More
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Selecting a New Horse
January 01, 2012
Important factors to consider when buying a horse include use, conformation, temperament, health, and history.... Read More
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2012 Equine Business Conference Scheduled
December 14, 2011
Topics covered include equine insurance; law; tax and finance; and promotion, marketing, and advertising.... Read More
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Kentucky Equine Receipts Might Stabilize in 2011
October 23, 2011
Strong cash receipts will likely propel Kentucky's agricultural sector, including equine, forward in 2011.... Read More
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Horse-Sitting 101: Legalities to Consider
October 05, 2011
Eliminate some of the anxiety of leaving your horse with a sitter by preparing for the trip in advance. ... Read More
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The Prepurchase Exam
March 01, 2011
A prepurchase examination or "vet check" of a potential horse purchase can identify any physical problems. ... Read More
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Financing a Horse Business
November 01, 2010
Outside capital is needed to buy big-ticket items or deal with bills in the face of an erratic cash flow.... Read More
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Benefits for Horse Industry in Small Business Stimulus Bill
September 28, 2010
The American Horse Council reports that President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 into law on September 27, 2010. The bill is intended to help small businesses and create new jobs. The bill continues the bigger write... Read More
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Congressional Bill Impacts Horse Buyers
September 27, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the amended Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 5297) by a vote of 237 to 187, affirming changes made to the bill by the U.S. Senate on Sept. 16 when the Senate passed the measure. President Obama is expected ... Read More
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Auction Info Added to Tattoo ID Services
June 16, 2010
The Jockey Club has added access to the auction sales history of identified Thoroughbreds as part of its Tattoo Identification Services. According to a news release, the Tattoo Identification Services link on The Jockey Club website has been vi... Read More
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Starting an Equine Rescue
June 01, 2010
Rescue operators don't have to look beyond their own pastures to know the past few years have been hard on horses. Thanks to a persistently lackluster economy, rising feed and fuel costs, real estate foreclosures, and job losses, more owners are...... Read More
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Risk Management Essential for Horse Businesses
May 17, 2010
Horses and riders have a propensity for getting hurt at competitions and at home. Event sponsors and boarding ... Read More
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Liability and Horses (Book Excerpt)
March 29, 2010
Horses often seem to be accidents waiting to happen. It's important to shield yourself from liability. ... Read More
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Woman Fined for Forging Horse Health Documents
February 09, 2010
A Boscobel, Wisc., woman has been fined for selling horses without testing them for disease and forging documents claiming the tests had been done, the state veterinarian's office said. In a plea bargain, Carol Swenson pleaded no... Read More
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Radiographic Abnormalities in Young Quarter Horses Common, AAEP 2009
January 29, 2010
A high prevalence of radiographic abnormalities exist in the joints of yearling and 2-year-old Quarter Horses.... Read More
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Lawsonia Infection in Foals: No Negative Effect as Adults (AAEP 2009)
January 29, 2010
Horses that recover from Lawsonia intracellularis infections cost less as yearlings than their siblings, but they race just as well. The bacterium L. intracellularis is the causative bacterial agent for equine proliferative enteropathy (E... Read More
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Prepurchase Exams: History, Important Considerations
January 12, 2010
For more than 150 years veterinarians have been performing prepurchase exams, also referred to as vetting, purchase exams, and soundness exams. The definition of "sound" in England in 1842 implied "an absence of disease" as a qualification for ... Read More
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Urine Test Might Diagnose Young Cryptorchid Horses
December 26, 2009
A simple, noninvasive urine test to diagnose cryptorchidism in horses that appear to have been castrated has been developed by a group of researchers from the Racing Laboratory at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Male horses that appear or... Read More
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Kentucky Horse Industry Losing Ground to Poultry
December 04, 2009
Kentucky's slumping horse industry appears on pace to be overtaken by poultry farming as the king of the state's agricultural sector, economists said Dec. 3. The equine sector has been battered by deep recession, and the poultry industry has grown.... Read More
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Entries for January Keeneland Thoroughbred Sale Down 26.3%
November 25, 2009
Keeneland Association announced Nov. 24 it has cataloged 1,753 horses for its 2010 January Horses of All Ages Sale, to be held Monday-Friday, January 11-15. That represents a 26.3% decline from the 2008 catalog, which totaled 2,379... Read More
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Horse Market Rebound Unlikely at Keeneland Thoroughbred Sale
November 10, 2009
The Keeneland November breeding stock sale was hammered last year by the global financial crisis, suffering alarming downturns of 45.5% in gross, 39% in average price, and 42.9% in median price after a record-setting run in 2007. This year,... Read More
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Horses Abandoned in Trailer, Driver Charged
November 10, 2009
Seven horses that were abandoned in a trailer on the side of the road in Edmonton, Alberta, last week are doing well in foster care and are waiting to be claimed by their owner. Meanwhile, the driver of the trailer has been charged under... Read More
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Keeneland September Yearling Sale Ends with Major Declines
September 29, 2009
The marathon Keeneland September yearling sale drew to a close Sept. 28 with some of the biggest declines in key statistical categories in recent history as the gross receipts fell 41.5%, the average was down 33.2%, and the median was off 40.5%... Read More
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Equine Industry: Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Registrations Down
September 17, 2009
The economyseems to betaking its toll on the registration of purebred horses. While the number of registered Quarter Horses at the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) actually rose slightly from 2007-2008, that number is... Read More
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Keeneland Yearling Sale to be Sire Storm Cat's Last Hurrah
September 13, 2009
All eyes figure to be on Storm Cat's offspring starting Monday, Sept. 14, at the Keeneland September yearling sale. And for good reason. There are 32 yearlings consigned to the sale from Storm Cat's last full crop, which numbers 56. Twenty-nine... Read More
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