New research s uggests that exercise early in life benefits musculoskeletal health. It may even have a positive impact on the future ra...

Researchers at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, have published the results of their work screening endangered horse breeds for the g...

It is no surprise that ponies on a restricted diet resort to eating their bedding. Wood shavings are often suggested as an inedible beddin...

Sitting in the slipstream of frontrunners is a winning strategy for jockeys, according to new research. A detailed study of almost 45...

Kanji Matsui and colleagues investigated the benefits of providing specific rolling areas for grazing horses. Their study “Do horses ...

Excavation of a burial site in southern Israel, has unearthed what is believed to be the earliest known metal bit. Archaeologists led...

Why does the zebra have stripes? Perhaps they provide camouflage in the African savannah; perhaps they break up the animal's outline mak...

Horse welfare at the Olympic Games is threatened if current trends are allowed to continue, according to the International Society for Eq...

Cushing's disease (equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction - PPID) appears to be becoming more common as horses live longer. Whi...

  In the past, horses would lose condition over the winter, start the year in lean condition and gradually recover over the grazing seas...

Once again, Europe is seeing a seasonal rise in cases of Atypical Myopathy. Horses with Atypical Myopathy suffer from severe, generalised we...

Horse owners and veterinarians are asked to collaborate with researchers in a new study into pasture- and endocrinopathy-associated laminiti...

Research at the University of Sydney suggests that a new osteoarthritis drug combination could significantly extend the working life of raci...

More detection times for commonly used drugs have been released by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). According to the BHA, the ina...

Osteoarthritis, or degenerative joint disease, causes pain and suffering to horses and humans alike. University of Florida researchers are...

New research shows that the bacterial population of the foal's digestive tract undergoes major changes within the first two weeks of ...

Research shows that foals find both hot iron branding and microchip implantation stressful, but the effects of microchip implantation do not...

University of Minnesota researchers are seeking the help of horse owners to find out more about Seasonal Pasture Myopathy. This condition, w...

Ancient cave paintings probably give an accurate portrayal of the horses that roamed the earth at the time, according to new research. ...

A possible explanation for the increased risk of impaction colic in stabled horses has been revealed by a study that shows that they have...