Kimberly S. Brown
Kimberly S. Brown was the Publisher/Editor of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care from June 2008 to March 2010, and she served in various positions at Blood-Horse Publications since 1980.
Articles by Kimberly S. Brown
Horse Soccer?
June 07, 2009
Looking for something new to do with your horses? How about forming a "horse soccer" league!
In this author's experience, the only time this had been seen before was with the Lexington Mounted Police Unit, who use large, inflatable balls Read More
Elvis' Graceland Stable Opens for Tours; Rescued Horses Helped
June 07, 2009
Sometimes promotion of the horse industry and assistance for unwanted horses comes from unusual places. Did you know Elvis Presley had a stable at his home at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn.? Or that he sometimes rode a horse up to the gates of Read More
What About the Budweiser Clydesdales?
May 29, 2009
TheHorse.com has had numerous questions about the fate of the Budweiser Clydesdales since it was announced in July of 2008 that Belgian brewer InBev had purchased Anheuser-Busch, creating the world's largest brewer. Another spate of questions Read More
Equine Teams in Germany Disbanded Following Olympic Drug Issues
May 29, 2009
On May 28 the German equestrian federation stated that the national dressage, show jumping, and eventing teams had been disbanded "in the wake of further suggestions of doping and medication of horses," according to an article on Read More
At Noon Today (May 28) The Horse.Com Presents Ask the Vet Live: Colic
May 28, 2009
Is there something you want to ask a veterinary specialist about colic? Attend Ask the Vet Live on TheHorse.com today, Thursday, May 28, from 12 noon to 12:30 p.m. Ask the Vet Live: Colic is sponsored by Arenus (Read More
Rachel Isn't the Only One; Standardbred Mare to Face International Group of Boys
May 26, 2009
Rachel Alexandra isn't the only female racehorse traveling around and beating the boys these days. Champion Standardbred trotting mare Buck I St Pat (her owners are from Ohio, the Buckeye state) will travel to Sweden tomorrow and race on Sunday Read More
TheHorse.com en Español: ¡Rabia!
May 19, 2009
This is one of a series of articles translated as part of our partnership with A Caballo, an equine publication based in Mexico, and Jorge Murga, DVM. Kee Read More
Will the Filly Beat the Boys in Today's Preakness?
May 16, 2009
Call them old-fashioned, but Rachel Alexandra's owners only wanted the 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly to run against fillies before she trounced the field in the Kentucky Oaks. A 50-1 longshot gelding named Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Read More
Rachel Alexandra Beats Boys in Preakness
May 16, 2009
Favored filly Rachel Alexandra, winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks, beat Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird by a length to take the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel in Thoroughbred Racing's Triple Crown. Musket Man was third, another 1 1/2 Read More
Kentucky Reports Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome Cases
May 13, 2009
The University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC) reported today (May 13) that two fetal necropsy cases had findings consistent with mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS), the disease that in 2001-2002 in Kentucky caused an Read More
Australian Steeplechase Racing Faces Crisis With Horse Deaths
May 10, 2009
The fate of steeplechase racing in Australia is coming under fire again as three horses have died in one week of jump racing at the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival. According to news sources that makes seven horses that have died or been Read More
Longshot $9,500 Gelding Wins Kentucky Derby
May 02, 2009
In a story reminiscent to the movie "Casey's Shadow," Mine That Bird, a 3-year-old gelding purchased as a yearling for only $9,500, won the 135th Kentucky Derby. He was sent off at 50-1 odds and won by daylight after getting through on the rail Read More
Welcome to the Last Issue of the Preventive Care E-Newsletter
May 01, 2009
Due to user input, we will discontinue TheHorse.com's Preventive Care weekly e-newsletter and start a monthly Equinomics e-newsletter. We will roll over content that would have been contained in Preventive Care into the weekly Health and Industry Read More
Hilarious Jockey Karaoke Raises $50K
April 19, 2009
A sell-out crowd applauded, cheered, and good-naturedly jeered some of the most famous jockeys in the world as they put themselves in the spotlight to raise money for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund during a Riders Up! fundraiser on Friday Read More
Thoroughbred Rescue Receives Not-For-Profit Status
April 19, 2009
One of the groups that has successfully used the Thoroughbred Adoption Services on TheHorse.com is Kim Clark's LeightonFarm.com. Now she has established a 501(c)(3) to help Thoroughbreds transitioning to a new life off the track.
"I Read More
Love the Longears? Mule Days Are Coming!
March 22, 2009
Mule Day is a week-long celebration held each year in Columbia, Tenn. This year's event will be Monday March 30 until Sunday April 5. According to the Mule Days muleday.com official Read More
Rescued North Carolina Mare Healthy, But Her Foal Needs Your Help
March 22, 2009
Carolina Equine Rescue and Assistance took in Merimba, a 19-year-old gray mare, in July 2008. Besides being emaciated, slightly foundered, and slightly colicky, the mare was pregnant. Through the help of the rescue workers the mare has been doin Read More
100th Thoroughbred Adopted Through TheHorse.com's Service
March 15, 2009
In a little more than four months 100 Thoroughbreds have found new homes through TheHorse.com's Thoroughbred Adoption Service. Actually that number is higher as many folks who placed Read More
Breeding the Focus at Alltech's Equine News and Brews Series' First Event
March 10, 2009
Alltech, which bills itself as having "natural solutions to animal nutrition," is sponsoring a series of roundtable discussion forums with speakers addressing cutting-edge issues from reproduction to traceability in the sport horse to the aging Read More
Evidence Shows Horses Domesticated Earlier Than Thought
March 08, 2009
Research indicates the Botai culture, on the steppes of what is now northern Kazakhstan, domesticated horses about 5,500 years ago. That's 1,000 years earlier than was previously believed.
According to an article in the Read More
Horse Left for Dead in Arizona Needs Your Help
March 08, 2009
An abused and starved horse was dropped at a home in Mesa, Ariz., and the women and vet clinic caring for him are seeking donations to save his life.
According to an article on Read More
Washington State University Equine Scholarship Named for Top Vet
March 08, 2009
The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine has established a $25,000 scholarship in equine internal medicine in the name of the vet school's Dean Warwick Bayly, BVSc, MS, PhD. Bayly has often assisted The Horse Read More
Nutrition E-Newsletter Technical Difficulties
March 02, 2009
TheHorse.com apologizes for the technical difficulties with the first delivery of the March 2, 2009, Nutrition e-newsletter sponsored by OCD Read More
Arizona Bill Requires Creation of Approved Equine Rescue Facilities List
February 22, 2009
Rep. Bill Konopnicki's Arizona House Bill 2178 would require the state's Department of Agriculture to create a list of the states "approved equine-rescue facilities and to make that information available on its Web site and in its offices," note Read More
Donkeys, Horse Among 311 Animals Seized from Kentucky Rescue
February 22, 2009
Two donkeys and a horse were among 311 animals seized from the Clean Slate Animal Rescue in Columbia, Ky., according to an article on kentucky.com.
The Read More
