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How to Care For Your Pregnant Mare
After months of waiting, searching for a stallion and careful preparation your attempt to breed your mare is successful. So now what do you do? What is the next step and how can you ensure that your mare will experience a healthy pregnancy? Though there is no way to be sure complications won’t arise, important elements to a healthy pregnancy can be addressed, such as veterinary care, proper nutrition and appropriate exercise for your mare. ... 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

Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS) Confirmed in Florida
By Dana Zimmel, DVM Diplomate ACVIM, ABVP (Equine Practice) MARCH 29, 2006 The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine has confirmed one case of MRLS and has two other cases that are suspect. All three cases occurred in Alachua Coun ... Read the full article

Using Technology to Get Results Faster
Recent technological developments have made mare breeding faster and more efficient than ever before. Many of the techniques and tools that were originally designed for infertility treatments are now being used for healthy ovulating mares. The main advantage of course is faster pregnancy achievement. They are also great for long distance mating. The main drawback has to do with commitment and monetary issues. You want to discuss your options with your vet, and make sure to budget in the added vet bills that are likely to accumulate from some of these procedures. ... Read the full article

Dealing with Mare Infertility
Breeding a mare can be an exciting and trying time for any horse lover, but it can also be muddled with frustration and confusion if infertility is suspected. There is nothing worse than spending the fall and winter months anticipating a successful conception, only to find that your mare is unable to conceive. Despite your best efforts and monetary investments, your mare may go cycle after cycle without any kind of results. So what is a horse lover to do? ... Read the full article

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

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

More Support for the Reining Breeding Industry
NRBC Creates Mare Bonus Byars, Oklahoma – The always innovative National Reining Breeders Classic has announced a new program for the reining industry – the NRBC Mare Bonus. “The NRBC has always focused on the breeding programs,” noted NRBC S ... Read the full article

NRBC Announces Mare Bonus Will Continue
Hot on the heels of the most successful-ever National Reining Breeders Classic, the NRBC has announced that its NRBC Mare Bonus will become a permanent part of the show. The NRBC Mare Bonus was initiated at the 2007 NRBC an ... Read the full article

Miller Wins NRCHA Non Pro Derby
Mike Miller and his mare, Bucks Little Fever (Playboys Buck Fever x Cashs Genie), triumphed in the Non Pro Derby at the The National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Derby Finals June 24, 2007 at the Paso Robles Event Center in Paso Robles, CA. T ... Read the full article

Field Tests Indicates Effectiveness of Innovative New AIRshod™
Napa, CA—As horsemen continue to look for ways to help horses stay sound longer, an innovative new product may be one of those solutions. AIRshod™ is a state of the art pad that incorporates the shock absorbing qualities of air with a design intended ... Read the full article

Sarah Tredennick Wins the $25,000 Grand Prix of Estes Park II
Eighteen-year-old Sarah Tredennick bested a field of nearly 30 entrants to win her first Grand Prix, the $25,000 Grand Prix of Estes Park II. With her Irish-bred mare Special Verdict, the young rider, who is headed to her freshmen year at the University of Denver, bested a field of top Grand Prix riders, including Bjorn Ikast and Armando Hassey. The Cherry Hills, Colorado resident has been on a roll, finishing in fourth place at the prestigious CN North American Junior and Young Riders Championships earlier this month, as well as claiming the $10,000 Welcome Stake during the second week of the Colorado Summer Circuit in July. ... Read the full article

Rowlanda & Double Cinco Adult Amateur Champion
The Adult Amateur Hunter 3-ft. 3-in. division was taken over by the elegant performance of Rowlanda Stephanos and Double Cinco at the CN Winter Equestrian Festival presented by Zimmerman Advertising at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center Friday. ... Read the full article

Over The Hill Farm Wins Three Circuit Championships...
Three Reserve Circuit Championships At HITS Ocala Winter Circuit Ocala, FL- March 15, 2006- This was a very successful Ocala circuit for the riders and horses of Over the Hill farm as they finished with four Circuit Championships and two Reserve C ... Read the full article

USEF Announces Nation's Cup Team for Wellington CSIO
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has announced the show jumping team that will represent the United States against a field of international teams at the CSIO competition in Wellington, FL, March 7-11, 2007. This event, which features th ... Read the full article

Friesians of Majesty’s Ymkje named Model
Townshend, VT – Friesians of Majesty entered eight horses to be judged at the New England Keuring held on 9/21/06 and 9/22/06 in Northampton, MA. All eight horses received Premium ratings or better. Friesians of Majesty again shows the world the c ... Read the full article

Horse Shows: The Competitive Edge
Competing in a horse show is more involved than just hoping in your car with horse in tow and mounting the horse in the ring. If showing a horse were easy there would be no competition, no strategy for success or metals to be won. This type of competition is extremely rigorous and with the stress of preparing for the show we sometimes forget the basic elements, the little things that give your performance the competitive edge. ... Read the full article

CONTAGIOUS EQUINE METRITIS HORSE - INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED
London, 12 May/GNN/ -- DEPARTMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS News Release (200/05) issued by the Government News Network on 12 May 2005 A stallion, that was diagnosed as having Contagious Equine Metritis Organisim (CEMO), has now b ... Read the full article

CONTAGIOUS EQUINE METRITIS CONFIRMED IN A SOMERSET HORSE
London, 30 March/GNN/ -- DEPARTMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS News Release (167/05) issued by the Government News Network on 30 March 2005 Defra has today confirmed a case of Contagious Equine Metritis Organism (CEMO) in a horse i ... Read the full article

Martha Jolicoeur Takes Championship at Littlewood Fences Horse Show After Two-Year Hiatus
Wellington, FL - November 13, 2007 - Martha Jolicoeur, an established real estate agent in the Wellington, FL, community, returned to the show ring this past weekend after two years away from competing. Jolicoeur is married to renowned course designe ... Read the full article