Attila's Storm , a 19-year-old son of Forest Wildcat , died June 23 following colic surgery, according to W.L. Mooring of Double LL Farms in Belen, N.M., where the stallion had been standing since ...
When a horse suffers nephrosplenic entrapment, a specific type of displacement colic, the risk of it happening again can be elevated. For high-performance horses, that means more than pain and ...
It was a typical Saturday several months ago when 19-year-old Kaitlyn Bonis completed a dressage workout with Sunny, her 24-year-old Arabian horse. But the next day, her family received a call from ...
Horses are not supposed to eat rocks. But Jasper did — 52 pounds of them. "I've seen two severe gravel impactions causing complete obstructions, requiring surgery to resolve in the last six years," ...
Last to go in the eight-horse jump-off for the $50,000 Music City Grand Prix at Brownland Farm (Tennessee) earlier this year, grand prix rider Michael Tokaruk and his mount, Like Mad, had one job: to ...
Champion and classic winner Nyquist , set to stand his first season at Darley in 2017, is currently recovering at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute after undergoing successful colic surgery Dec. 22.
Taking a “wait-and-see” approach to horses in need of colic surgery ups the ante on expense – and survivability, reports EQUUS magazine. Dr. David Freeman, director of the Island Whirl Equine Colic ...
COROLLA, Nc — On June 11, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund had to euthanize a horse due to severe colic, according to the fund's Facebook page. The horse, Junior, had a second colic surgery in February and ...