Day: June 5, 2009

MIXED RESULTS ON SLAUGHTER BILLS AS STATE LEGISLATURES ADJOURN

The sponsor of Tennessee legislation promoting horse processing plant development in that state is not giving up on the bill, although it’s now stalled in the state’s Senate Commerce Committee. This piece of legislation was one of several similar measures introduced in state legislatures across the country with mixed results. Continue reading…

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American Paint Association announces appointment of new editor

FORT WORTH, Texas The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) announced recently that Jeannie Blancq Putney of Lexington, Kentucky, has been named editor of Paint Horse Journal, the Association?s award-winning monthly magazine. For the past three years, Putney has worked as a freelance journalist, photographer and a marketing consultant. She has written for a host of equine associations and organizations, including American Quarter Horse Association, Appaloosa Horse Club, Blood-Horse Publications, Breyer, the Louisville Equestrian Center, the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, United Mountain Horse Incorporated, the United States Dressage Federation, the United States Eventing Association, the United States Equestrian Center, the

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Tippy-Toed Foals Might Have Contracted Tendons

If you see your mare’s newborn filly prancing around the stall like it is wearing invisible high heels, you might be a little concerned that your foal is dreaming of being a ballerina instead of a barrel racer or hunter jumper. But don’t worry; one of the most common deformities that equine veterinarians…  Read more

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Study Shows Uneven Feet in Sport Horses is Related to Other Conformation Traits

A research team from The Netherlands analyzed the conformation, genetic, and performance records of 44,840 Dutch Warmbloods competing at the top levels of dressage and show jumping to determine if uneven feet (one forefoot that is differently shaped than the other) affect a horse’s performance career,…  Read more

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