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SORING SUSPENSION LIST NOW POSTED Friends of Sound Horses (FOSH) has developed a Web site for reporting all current Horse Protection Act suspensions.
Violations that result in the listed suspensions include soring, scarring, pressure shoeing, and the use of foreign substances on horses' legs.
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TWO CANADIAN RIDERS OPT OUT OF OLYMPICS Three top dressage riders--one from Switzerland and two from Canada—have renounced their participation in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, citing potential equine health hazards posed by extreme climate and travel conditions.
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FREE FOAL CARE RECORDS MANAGEMENT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Intervet Foal CareSM Program record-keeping system offers horse owners easy and convenient way to track foal health
Ever wished you had one convenient place to store all the critical health records for your foals? Keeping track of vaccinations and deworming is easier than ever thanks to the Intervet Foal Care Program record-keeping system.
By visiting www.FoalCare.com, you can create an account and save information online or download and print the free forms, including a foal immunization record and schedule, deworming record and schedule, and growth and farrier record.
Horse owners also can use the free, online health care calendar to track breeding, vaccination, and deworming timelines. Just enter the breeding date - or desired foaling date - and the health care scheduling calendar will do the rest. Create an account and store all the scheduling information for free.
Remember, there is no better resource than your veterinarian for managing your foal's health.
Visit www.FoalCare.com today to learn more and start your own personalized record-keeping system.
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Intervet Foal Care Program is a service mark of Intervet Inc. or an affiliate.
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POLICE, AMISH AT ODDS OVER HORSE BUGGY SAFETY MEASURES When police cited three Amish men from Western Kentucky for not having lights and a slow-moving vehicle symbol on their horse-drawn buggies, it started a conflict between religious freedom and state law.
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EVENTING PONY THEODORE O'CONNOR NAMED HORSE OF THE YEAR Eventing champion Theodore O'Connor was awarded the honor of 2007 Farnam/Platform United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Horse of the Year.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
TheHorse.com is your source for the latest news and information about the horse industry, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) 2010, and much more.
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HORSE SLAUGHTER: A FRENCH BUTCHER'S PERSPECTIVE VIDEO A veteran butcher for more than 30 years, Jean-Michel Bernard said he has seen the French horsemeat business slowly decline and then level off during his career.
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THIS WEEK ON THE RYDER REPORT
VIDEO The Ryder Report is a weekly video broadcast presented by TheHorse.com News Editor Erin Ryder, reviewing the top headlines in equine health, care, management, and welfare news. This report includes coverage of Olympic candidates opting out of the 2008 Games due to equine health concerns.
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FROM THE HORSE MAGAZINE: WELL-EQUIPPED BREEDING SHEDS
The lexicon of the breeding shed has changed dramatically in the last decade or so. Words that horse owners were unfamiliar with in the past are part of the vocabulary today. They freely discuss the merits of various artificial vaginas for collecting semen, using a spectrophotometer to count sperm, centrifuging sperm to concentrate it ... the list goes on. Continue reading...
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MATCHMAKING: ADOPTABLE HORSE
Chip is an 8-year-old sorrel pinto mare. She is very loving and will beg for treats. She is ready to go to just the right home. Chip can be a dominant horse, but she is gentle toward people, easy to handle, and leads well.
Please e-mail or visit Chance's Mini Rescue Web site for more information about Chip and other horses available at the Tucson, Ariz., facility.
Are you a registered not-for-profit organization with an adoptable horse? Send a photo, description of the horse, and your Web site URL here to have your horse listed.
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OLYMPIC HORSE MANURE MANAGEMENT GOING GREEN The Hong Kong Jockey Club recently demonstrated its manure management program, illustrating one way in which the club will observe the "Green Olympics" theme of the 2008 Olympic Games. Stable waste and manure from the Olympic equestrian venues at Sha Tin and Beas River will be recycled to produce organic fertilizer via an earthworm vermicomposting method.
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NEW TAX COULD PUT TENNESSEE HORSE OWNERS IN BIND
As if the drought wasn't enough for the farmers of Tennessee. Beginning Jan. 1, all people buying feed (hay, grain, etc.), farm equipment, and other tax-exempt farm supplies in the Volunteer State had to present proof of exemption or pay almost 10% more for their purchases. However, some horse owners might be exempt.
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Subscribe or renew your subscription online to The Horse magazine and save up to 70% off the newsstand price! This all-breed, all-discipline publication provides breaking health news and practical information in an easy-to-use format, and it is monitored by a panel of experts from the American Association of Equine Practitioners.
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