It all started with a $25 donation from a para-equestrian. Or maybe it was the 17-year-old truck that set the wheels in motion. The whole thing might even go all the way back to the mare with a broken cannon bone.
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when and where Molly Martin began her journey with H Wrendition to the Markel/USEF Developing Horse Grand Prix National Championship (p. 40), but looking back on it now, it still seems a little surreal to the Redmond, Wash., trainer.
As a child, Valarie Wolf was inspired to paint when she visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and saw a nearly life-sized Landseer painting of horses.
“Oils are my media of choice,” said Wolf, of Irvine, Calif. “I cannot resist the way they blend and the richness they impart to a painting. A favorite aspect of using these amazing paints is the infinite mixture of colors that can be achieved.”
Jonathan Sheppard scores his 14th New York Turf Writers win with a homebred.
My big, fat Italian Wedding? Well, not anymore.
Italian Wedding, as Jonathan Sheppard explained, “was quite small when he was a young horse and a little on the chubby side. He was kind of...cute, but he didn’t look really look like any major race horse. He looked like a fat little pony.”
Championship week in Kentucky showcased a vision a long time in the making.
I just returned from an amazing week in Kentucky, and it was all about hunters! World-class horses and riders all came together for two championship classes, the USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships and the USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship (see Sept. 2, pgs. 18 & 30).
As diagnostic and therapeutic technologies expand, it’s ever more important to see the big picture.
There has been an explosion of new information in the equine sports medicine field, with new or expanded imaging technologies available and more commonly in use in the performance horse industry. In addition, there are new therapies available for treatment of injuries and performance-induced wear-and-tear.
Does your finicky equine turn up his nose at any medicinal powder on his dinner? Some horses don’t mind eating a little medication mixed in with their grain, but others act offended at white powder decorating their meal and refuse to ingest it. Treatments such as Robaxin and doxycycline are notoriously bitter, so disguising the medication is frequently the best way to go.
Cold therapy may be ubiquitous for hard-working horses, but science hasn’t answered how effective the therapy is or even the best way to apply ice.
If you’ve ever iced a sore muscle or swollen ankle, then you’ve experienced firsthand the pain-relieving effects. Visit any training room for high-profile human athletes, and cold therapy will be part of the regimen.
Panic, pride and partnership—they’re all part of a caretaker’s commitment to a top horse.
They’re the backbone of the equine world, the devoted caretakers of the horse. Grooms work long hours on tired feet, and the rewards often come in the form of a horse putting in a stellar performance or nickering at them walking down the aisle.
“There are people who think that grooming is just brushing them and tacking them up, but it’s so much more than that. The groom gets to be the horse’s ‘person,’ their home base. And that’s special,” said Lauren Keeton.
Veterinarians are just starting to employ a procedure that might offer the most consistent treatment yet for this puzzling condition.
Dana Sendro had big plans for Tex when she purchased him. He was supposed to give her daughter a shot at being competitive in the hunters. But Tex went from promising prospect to horse with an uncertain future in an instant after undergoing an X-ray for a mysterious bump.
Patricia Doyle, DVM, M.S., Dipl. ACVS of Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center in Ringoes, N.J., performed the examination.
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