The skeletal anatomy of a horse’s front and hind limbs is comparable to the anatomy of the human hands and feet.

Cryozootech and the Chapot family have announced the birth of the clone of Gem Twist, the grey Thoroughbred gelding three times awarded “Horse of the Year”, double silver medal at Seoul Olympic games, and “world’s Best Horse” at the 1990 World Equestrian Games.

The Jockey Club today reported that 3,638 stallions covered 61,262 mares in North America during 2007, according to statistics compiled through Sept. 4, 2008.

The Minnesota Zoo is celebrating a big conservation milestone with the birth of its first Asian wild horse (also known as a Przewalski's or Mongolian wild horse) since 1988.

The record books for the sport of reining have seen several additions this year, including the most recent change moving Topsail Whiz to the top of the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) All-Time Leading Sire standings, the creation of the first-ever International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Reining Championships and the first-ever consecutive champions of the NRHA Open Futurity, National Reining Breeders Classic (NRBC) and NRHA Derby with Arcese Quarter Horses USA’s Wimpys Little Chic and Shawn Flarida.

MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. -- Mississippi State University’s equine reproduction program lost its top stallion to a catastrophic leg injury during a severe thunderstorm on the afternoon of July 11.

Mammary neoplasia (tumors) in the mare is exceedingly rare. To date, published cases consist of reports of six single cases and one report each for two, three, and four mares. 

Veterinarians at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo performed the first successful reverse vasectomy on a Przewalski’s horse (E. ferus przewalskii; E. caballus przewalskii—classification debated), pronounced zshah-VAL-skeez.

With the breeding and foaling seasons nearing conclusion, The Jockey Club today issued a reminder to owners and breeders concerning timely submission of Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) and Live Foal Reports.

BROOKINGS, S.D. - South Dakota Extension Entomologist Mike Catangui said now is the best time to find and, if necessary, treat for eastern tent caterpillars.