As the human population turns more to non-traditional modalities such as acupuncture and chiropractic, it’s only natural for the trend to carry over into equine medicine. Ed Boldt, DVM, owner of Performance Horse Complementary Medicine Services in Fort…

Santa Anita Park, currently open for training only, will close its main track Dec. 3-10 to examine its new Cushion Track surface due to problems with drainage.
The move comes just a month before the start of the Santa Anita winter/spring meet Dec….

Watch the Nov. 28 edition of the Ryder Report.
This week’s stories include a report on a surge in the number of cases of Lawsonia intracellularis, and new information on managing and preventing laminitis.
The Ryder Report is a weekly…

Partnerships allow two people or entities to pool their strengths, with the combination stronger than either could be on their own. The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and federal Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) have pooled…

The image of Britons in scarlet coats galloping over fields as their dogs chase foxes is fixed in the popular imagination. But Britain’s highest court ruled Wednesday that laws banning the hunts must stand.
Hunters had appealed two bans: one passed…
