General Interest

January 22, 2010
Several Factors Affect Birth Weight in Thoroughbred Foals
Withers height and hip height of yearlings have been positively correlated with lifetime earnings and winning percentage.

January 19, 2010
Plasma Transfusions Generally Safe for Horses
Researchers conducted the study to determine the frequency and type of reactions that follow transfusions with commercial equine plasma.

October 07, 2009
Para-Equestrian Competition Focuses on Abilities
Para-equestrian is a broad term that encompasses horse sports for individuals with a range of disabilities and impairments. Although

October 25, 2008
Choking Horses: Prevention and Treatment
Swallowing too much material too quickly (“bolting”), or swallowing anything that has not been thoroughly chewed and moistened with

October 20, 2008
Fractures in Thoroughbred Racehorses Studied
The aims of this study were to find the association, if any, between the age of the dam and

October 20, 2008
Feeding Horses at the Olympics
The 2008 Games were the fourth consecutive Olympics in which Kentucky Equine Research played a major role in the

October 21, 2007
Icelandic Horses
The Icelandic horse is a breed of small equines found in Iceland. Individuals are stocky, short legged, and quite

October 20, 2007
Competitive Trail Riding
A competitive trail ride (CTR) is a timed, judged trail ride. It's not a race in the traditional sense,

October 20, 2007
Racehorse Lead Preferences Studied
Horses moving at a gallop display one of two four-beat footfall patterns, right lead or left lead, depending on

October 25, 2006
Size Matters at the Horse Sale
Yearlings that commanded bids higher than the median price of the session in which they were sold tended to