Young horse training plans and workloads must match their skeletal development. Failing to plan around growth plates can create lifelong physical problems.
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Growth plates are instrumental in shaping a horse’s life
Horse Health: Training plans and workloads for young horses must match their skeletal development, even when they look physically mature from the outside
World’s first gene-edited horses are shaking up the genteel sport of polo
Argentine polo authorities balk at arrival of gene-edited horses
Kheiron Biotech, an Argentine company, has bred gene-edited polo ponies and says gene-editing has the potential to revolutionize horse breeding.
Why selenium is still an important factor in horse health
Selenium is an essential equine trace mineral that supports antioxidant defense, muscle integrity, immune function, metabolism and thyroid activity.
Coffin bone rotation does not cause laminitis in horses
It’s important to understanding laminitis as the breakdown of this living anchor rather than as the rotation of a bone
The living architecture of a horse hoof — laminae, fascia and blood vessels — is meant to stay in alignment with the bone.When these living structures fail, the capsule loses its attachments.
Rancher’s rodeo skills took him to Hollywood
Alberta Order of Excellence inductee’s movie production company has meant millions of dollars to provincial economy
His love of animals and rodeo experience landed John Scott a job as a stuntman in the 1970s in Hollywood. The rest is history.
Horse-for-slaughter trial delayed
A Manitoba horse farm faces one charge based on a 2022 air shipment that animal rights goup says was not compliant with livestock transportation rules
A high-profile animal welfare case involving a Manitoba-based live horse exporter has had its day in court delayed after the farm’s defence lawyer requested more time to review expert witness submissions.
Pelvic instability often undiagnosed in young horses
Recent findings suggest that pelvic collapse, caused by incomplete fusion of the pelvic symphysis, is a widespread yet largely undiagnosed condition, especially in young thoroughbreds, and likely prevalent in other sport horses.
Much goes into making a police horse
The RCMP has been breeding its own horses for more than a century and has high standards for what the Musical Ride requires
Glacier FarmMedia – It’s an image quintessential to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police — a rider in a red coat and black belt, calf-high brown boots, broad-brimmed hat, mounted on a black horse. That visual has been around for well over a century, dating back to when the organization was still known as the North […] Read more![Conservative agriculture critic and Alberta Foothills MP John Barlow said some [people who raise horses for the overseas meat market] were harassed and bullied and wanted no part of the study, even though they could lose their livelihood if the bill is passed. | File photo](https://static.producer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/30150023/03-BJM121610horse-feedlot-660x420.jpg)
MP decries intimidation of House committee witnesses
Committee studying a bill to ban live horse export for slaughter had difficulty finding producers who would testify
REGINA — People who raise horses for the overseas meat market were afraid to testify before the standing agriculture committee during its recent study of a bill to ban the air export of live horses. Conservative agriculture critic and Alberta Foothills MP John Barlow said some were harassed and bullied and wanted no part of […] Read more
Horse obsession leads to business
Eagala-certified equine specialist incorporates horses in mental health treatment process to remove barriers
TROSSACHS, Sask. — Hayley Moats jokes that she was obsessed with horses when she came out of the womb. Her mother, Kim, shared her passion, and her grain-farming father, Don, supported her in anything and everything equine. Kim has been a cowboy dressage leader in Saskatchewan for years, which gave her daughter early access to […] Read more
