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Clabber the Iron Horse
Clabber, AQHA’s first World Champion
During 2021, we saw and experienced a great year of racing, flirting with everything from two potential triple crown winners at Ruidoso Downs to a horse that traveled to a number of tracks meeting all competition and adding to his racing credentials. It has been a good year for racing – and a great year for Danjer, who was recently named the 2021 AQHA World Champion. Such a title marks the top horse to represent the success of a racing season.
Importance Of Dental Care For Nutritional Efficiency And Performance
Not only is an adequate supply of food necessary to maintain a horse’s body condition, but the teeth must be able to properly grind the feed to make full use of the diet you provide.
Dedication, Discipline & Determination
John Creager’s journey from jockey
to Rolling A Ranch’s trainer and
manager
Stereotypies in Horses
Domestic horses exhibit a number of behavioral problems that are never seen in wild, free-roaming horses. This is generally because we keep our horses in an artificial environment and don’t allow them to live ‘normal’ lives.
Smart Use Of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Medications that relieve pain are commonly used for equine athletes to address musculoskeletal issues. Such anti-inflammatory drugs do just that – reduce inflammation and mitigate pain. The most commonly used medications are called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs. These drugs are also the ones used to help reduce discomfort in a horse that is experiencing gastrointestinal upset, like colic. But there are some things you might want to know about casual use of NSAIDs, particularly
An Eye For Speed - Lance Robinson
Lance Robinson’s talent for judging form and function has yielded scores of barrel and flat-track winners
Splints In Horses
The horse has three bones in each lower leg between the knee/hock and fetlock joint. The cannon bone is the largest, and the main support for the limb. The two small splint bones, which are finger size in diameter, are long and slender and are attached to the cannon bone on each side and toward the rear.
Dash Ta Fame - The Crossover Connection
Dash Ta Fame, a son of First Down Dash out of the mare Sudden Fame, is an anomaly as a top 25 all-time leading sire of racehorse money earners of over $19 million and the all-time leading sire of barrel racing money earners of over $23 million. He is in the top 20 as a broodmare sire of racehorse money earners in excess of $20 million, and he is the broodmare sire of barrel racers earning over $12 million.
Heat Stress
A horse demonstrating signs of heat stress – either subtle or obvious – could signal impending metabolic collapse. If any of these signs are seen, then it is necessary to stop the horse’s exercise immediately and begin implementing cooling strategies, described below. If the horse’s rectal temperature does not begin to return to normal within 15 minutes or so, a veterinarian should be contacted immediately.
Behind The Scenes - Duayne Didericksen
Beginning in the 1950s, in addition to rodeoing, Duayne rode, bred, trained, and bought and sold racehorses. Then, beginning around the mid-1970s, his interests evolved into administration. Since then, he’s mainly worked behind the scenes to regulate and promote the sport. Although his career hasn’t been all roses, it has been innovative and fulfilling. And in his nearly 65 years in the horse world, he has accomplished much.
Legends - Special Effort
Special Effort is more than simply a confluence of his breeding, conformation and natural talent. From March 29th, when he made his racing debut, through Labor Day he earned a place among the breed’s all-time great sprinters. When he enters the stud he will undoubtedly be one of the most sought-after sires ever.
Nutrition For Horses Without Pasture
Not all horses have the luxury of spending time on green pasture, head down, grazing to their heart’s content. Horses in race training are usually stabled in restrictive living arrangements with their primary forage source as hay. Yet, the healthiest strategy for equine gastrointestinal health is the ability to eat small amounts at intermittent intervals throughout the day.
The Man On The Hill Part 1 On The Road To Stars And Beggars
Rodeo greats contracted for Cross J foals still in their mammas’ bellies. At the same time, Cross J Thoroughbreds caused some ripples in the purple-bred set by lowering a few records for a mile or more east of the Mississippi and south of the Rio Grande.
Horse Racing is in His DNA
In some ways, Eugene Trotter “E.T.” Joyce’s background seems incompatible with his Wyoming cowboy persona and a 30-year career in Wyoming’s horse racing industry. Born in Manhattan, New York — which he jokingly refers to as “a little island just east of here” — his family, including a dozen brothers and sisters, moved to the Chicago area in the 1970s.