Today, the 157-acre farm has just 13 horses and its financial hopes ride on a promising yearling bay stud named Cowboy, who will begin racing next March. It also has meant smaller purses for winning horses and their breeders in Ohio, many of whom are under pressure to scale back their farms or sell them to developers. When voters said no to slot machines at racetracks in 2006, they also said no to millions of dollars in state revenues and no to Ohio's increasingly hard-pressed horse farms,...

Now runaway hay prices and legislation designed to protect the huge, docile creatures from slaughter have combined to create an excess of horses in a shrinking market. But it seems that few want a draft horse, once the backbone of American agriculture and now an emblem of a way of life that is all but gone. Traders from Maine to Japan traveled this month to Indiana's heartland for four days and nearly 1,300 horse showings, one of the largest displays worldwide. Ponies, colts, riding...

A track's racing secretary determines the weight each horse must carry according to the age, sex and ability of the animals. His job officially involves weighing in the jockeys, but Victor Sanchez is de facto manager of Calder's jockey room. His size prevented him from racing professionally, but Sanchez loved the sport and began working at racetracks in various capacities. If a jockey weighs too much, he has two options: shed the extra pounds through a session in the ''hot box'' (sauna) or...

Final call to horse owners for vaccination Owners of horses in the Dubbo buffer, or within the Dubbo red zone, will have a final opportunity to be included in the equine influenza (EI) vaccination program, but must register their horses by tomorrow. We have already put out a reminder to those who are due for their second round vaccination, however we are also very keen to hear from horse owners that have not yet had their horses vaccinated at all, Mr Dunn said. NSW deputy chief veterinary...

that people will begin to abandon or neglect the horses, and we're going to see an abuse situation ever-increasing as we move into January," said Sue Gray, executive director of the N. Because of the drought, which has caused the price of some of her feed to double, Clawson has sold or given away 10 of her horses, leaving 13 that she's not sure she can part with. And those who already have them are worried about how they'll feed their animals through the winter because the severe drought...

Jonesboro Sun Monday, November 19, 2007 Wild horses, burros go up for adoption at A-State center By John Griffith JONESBORO Forty-degree temperatures, an overcast day and the pungency of fresh horse manure couldn t keep horse-lovers young and not so young from converging Saturday on the Arkansas State University Equine Center. Jonesboro Sun Monday, November 19, 2007 Wild horses, burros go up for adoption at A-State center By John Griffith JONESBORO Forty-degree temperatures, an overcast...

EI restrictions still apply NSW Department of Primary Industries is reminding horse owners that they must observe current equine influenza (EI) movement restrictions, even if their horses have been vaccinated for the horse flu virus. Vaccinated horses must meet the movement restriction for the zone they are in and generally can t be moved just because they have been vaccinated. While vaccinations will slow the spread of the disease, owners need to be aware it s not a silver bullet and is...

About 6500 thoroughbred horses in the red zone have been vaccinated against the virus, with about 5000 thoroughbreds to be treated in the green zone. QUEENSLAND Racing Limited will start inoculating thoroughbred horses in the equine influenza-free green zone next month, in a move to further free up horse movement around the state. QRL chief operations manager Malcolm Tuttle said about 5000 horses would be vaccinated against EI, starting with those intending to be moved into southeast...