Sweet older school horse mare

Silver

Silver has been a beginner-intermediate lesson horse for most of her life, and at 28 is ready for a quieter life. She was donated to me a bit under a year ago for use as a therapy horse, and she was patient and gentle with people with a variety o ... Read More

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World Equestrian Games Horse Care

From shipping schedules and quarantine to pain management and nutrition, what makes the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games "bigger and better" than the Olympics from a horse care and management standpoint?

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About the Experts

Kent Allen, DVM

Kent Allen, DVM, of Virginia Equine Imagine, has been an FEI foreign veterinary delegate for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Cynthia MacKenzie, DVM

Cynthia G. MacKenzie, DVM, senior equine technical services veterinarian for Merck Animal Health. In this role, she provides continuing education to equine practitioners and horse owners, composes technical literature, and conducts field trials. Prior to joining Merck Animal Health, MacKenzie served as a veterinary associate for Mark Secor, DVM, Inc., in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., and at Rood & Riddle in Lexington, Ky. She was also the resident veterinarian for 700 horses at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky.

Hannah Wellman, DVM

Hannah Wellman, DVM, was the reining team veterinarian and treating veterinarian for the World Equestrian Games (with official veterinary partner Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital), completed her veterinary degree at the University of Sydney, interned at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., and worked in a U.S. racetrack practice before returning to Rood & Riddle in 2008. She is currently an associate in the ambulatory sport horse department. Her interests include imaging (such as radiology or X-rays, and ultrasound) and lameness.