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Mare and Foal Bonding
The bond between a mare and foal begins long before the foal is born. After birth the essential relationship between mare and foal is built, allowing the mare to nurture, teach and protect her foal until it is ready to care for itself. Making sure this bond forms, being aware of normal versus abnormal behavior and knowing how to properly care for your new foal will help create a strong and healthy adult horse. ... Read the full article

Help Your Foal Grow with Proper Nutrition
A healthy foal will grow rapidly, gaining in height, weight and strength almost before your eyes. From birth to age two, a young horse can achieve 90 percent or more of its full adult size, sometimes putting on as many as three pounds per day. Feeding young horses is a balancing act, as the nutritional start a foal gets can have a profound effect on its health and soundness for the rest of its life. ... Read the full article

Can You Breed a Perfect Foal?
If every owner had the key to unlocking the formula for breeding the perfect foal, then there would be no competition, no challenge, and no appreciation for the art and science of breeding. If breeding was this easy and we were all able to breed the exact foal to suit our needs on the first try we would be bending the laws of nature and taking away from the excitement of discovering the unknown. We may not be able to breed the perfect foal every time, but though trial, error, skill and a little luck it is possible to find the right combination to suit our needs. ... Read the full article

NRBC ’07 Foal Enrollments Set New Record!
2007 was another record-breaking year for the National Reining Breeders Classic, according to NRBC Program Coordinator Kaye Nowlin. There were 2,684 foal enrollments in 2007, up over a hundred foals from the previous year. ... Read the full article

Help Your Mare Have a Safe Delivery
If your mare has made it through 11 months of pregnancy, you’re almost home free. Labor and delivery, while momentous, are generally uneventful. In most cases, you will simply need to be a quiet observer – if, that is, you are lucky enough to witness the birth. Mares seem to prefer to foal at night in privacy, and apparently have some control over their delivery. Because most mares foal without difficulty, it is usually best to allow the mare to foal undisturbed and unassisted. ... Read the full article

Saddlebreds Lost in Kentucky Barn Fire
A barn fire killed 25 American Saddlebreds and one half-Saddlebred at 3-T Stables, owned by the Glyndle Tabor family in Scottsville, KY, on June 19, 2007. By the time the fire was noticed just before 7 am ET at 3-T’s broodmare barn, it had become a " ... Read the full article

The First Few Days
The birth of a new foal can be an exciting and trying time for any horse owner. There are lots of things to do, and it is imperative that you pay close attention to your newest little family member. Below you will find some tips and tricks to keeping your new foal safe and healthy. We will also address some of the toughest problems like bottle feeding, which can cause undue stress if you aren’t prepared. ... Read the full article

NRBC Launches Online Foal & Stallion Enrollment
Industry leadership is nothing new for the National Reining Breeders Classic. The growth of the singular reining stallion program and show has been nothing less than astronomical for the past eleven years. Along with the strength of the program and a yearly show that now pays out in excess of $1.3 million, the organization is well known for its people-friendly focus and activities. ... Read the full article

Almost 50 Orphaned Foals Saved
Pure Thoughts Horse and Foal Rescue and the Emily Vernon Foundation Save Almost 50 Orphaned Foals Loxahatchee, FL - July 11, 2007 - Pure Thoughts Horse and Foal Rescue acknowledges the Emily Vernon Foundation for helping make this year's Nurse Mar ... Read the full article

Pure Thoughts Horse and Foal Rescue's Barnboots & Baubles Tickets Now on Sale
Get your tickets now for Pure Thoughts Horse and Foal Rescue's annual fundraiser "Barnboots & Baubles" Carnivale! ... Read the full article

Intervet Sponsors Veterinary Technicians’ Subscription to The Horse
The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health announces that the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians and Assistants (AAEVT) has become its newest association of subscribers and is pleased to recognize the generous support of Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health for providing an individual subscription to The Horse for each of the AAEVT’s more than 1,000 members. ... Read the full article

NRBC Announces Record Foal Enrollments for 2005!
March 1, 2006 - Byars, Oklahoma – In the past decade, enrolling foals into the National Reining Breeders Classic program has become an integral part of raising reining horse prospects and once again, in 2005, the NRBC saw a record year in foal enrol ... Read the full article

New One-Dose West Nile Virus Vaccine Introduced
Intervet Introduces PreveNile™ WNV Vaccine New One-Dose WNV vaccine offers advanced combination of science and efficacy MILLSBORO, Del. (Jan. 4, 2007) - Intervet Inc., a global leader in animal-vaccine research and development, announces t ... Read the full article

“Barn Boots & Baubles” Event to Support Florida Foal Rescue- Tickets Still Available
Loxahatchee, FL- May 20- The Florida Foal Rescue is having a fundraising event, “Barn Boots & Baubles,” to benefit the organization that is determined to save the lives of thousands of foals and their mothers from slaughter. The event will be held on ... Read the full article

Horse News to Hold Name The Foal Contest at New Jersey HorseXpo
The HorseXpo will be held May 17 to 18 in Ringoes, N.J. One unnamed Standardbred foal, born at a local farm will be used in the naming contest. Horse News is looking for foals of other breeds to use as well. Owners can help select the winner but are not obligated to register their foal with the winning name. Photos of the unnamed foals will be displayed in the Horse News booth. ... Read the full article

AQHA Incentive Fund Awards Nearly $3.6 Million
The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) will pay $3,559,760 of Incentive Fund money for the 2006 show season. Nearly 10,000 checks were mailed to recipients of Incentive Fund nominated horses. In 2006, nearly 7,000 foals and 3,000 stallions wer ... Read the full article

TheHorse.com and Intervet Present Live Webinar: How to Keep Your Horse Healthy
Join TheHorse.com and Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz on Tuesday, July 8 at 8 p.m. EDT for a one-hour video presentation and live question and answer session on how to prevent disease in your horse. During this one-hour Webinar sponsored by Intervet, Dr. Traub-Dargatz will present steps horse owners can take to help keep their horses healthy and offer suggestions on how to implement an effective infection control strategy for the farm. She will use real-life examples on farms to explain prevention features that can help safeguard horses. Other topics Dr. Traub-Dargatz will cover include how to limit resident horse contact with newly arriving and neighboring horses, how to detect disease in the early stages, and steps to take on a daily basis to limit the spread of disease. ... Read the full article

Stewart Ranch Enrolls First 2007 National Reining Breeders Classic Foal
May 15, 2007 - Byars, Oklahoma – In the past decade, the National Reining Breeders Classic program has become an essential element in raising reining horse prospects. The 2007 NRBC Show, held in April at the Great Southwest Equestrian ... Read the full article

AAEP Summer Meetings to Explore Foal Care and Practice Management Strategies
The American Association of Equine Practitioners’ summer continuing education meetings – Focus on the First Year of Life and the 16th annual Practice Management Seminar – will be held July 27-29 in Austin, Texas, at the Hilton Austin. Attendees can participate in both meetings’ sessions for one registration fee. ... Read the full article

Two Companies Join AAEP Educational Partners Program
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) today announced the addition of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. and Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as Educational Partners. The Educational Partners program is a group of ten corporations dedicated ... Read the full article