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Insulin Status and Developmental Orthopedic Disease in Horses

The relationship between insulin status and the occurrence of osteochondrosis in Thoroughbred yearlings was studied by a team from the University of Queensland Equine Research Unit. Fasting blood samples were...

Influence of OCD on Horse Racing Starts and Earnings

...on 819 Standardbred yearlings born in 2005 or 2006. The same veterinarian examined fluoroscopic radiographs of each yearling’s fetlocks, knees, hocks, and stifles for signs of OCD. The number of...

Magic Millions Preview – Amelia Park

Amelia Park – 2018 Yearling Draft Amelia Park is looking forward to showcasing their quality draft of 6 yearlings at the 2018 Perth Magic Millions Yearling sale. Stud manager Sarah...

Mare an foal walking through lush pasture

Effect of Birth Month on Size and Weight Gain in Thoroughbred Foals

...when the foals were born, and increased during April and May of the foal’s yearling year. Growth rates during these months were remarkably similar regardless of age. Each group of...

Feed Management and Developmental Orthopedic Disease in Horses

...diagnosed as wobblers during this four-year period. This farm used a single grain mix for broodmares, weanlings and yearlings. This grain mix consisted of oats, molasses, and a protein/vitamin/mineral supplement...

Preventing Respiratory Infections in Young Horses: Supplements

...C, and E), would be beneficial to young horses, it was offered to Thoroughbred yearlings residing on two farms in central Kentucky. Of the 109 yearlings included in the study,...

Supplementing Horses with Phosphorus: New Research

...g/day and 16 g/day in yearlings and mature horses, respectively. The overall digestibility of phosphorus was higher in yearlings than mature geldings (42% vs. 27%), and phytate-P disappearance in both...

Pastern Abnormalities and Future Soundness in High-Performance Horses

...pressures of training. A review of yearling radiographs suggested that there is a “low to moderate risk to future racing performance” when such lesions are found in the proximal interphalangeal...

Comparing Purchase Price and Earnings in Racing Thoroughbred Horses

Regardless of the system a prospective buyer uses to select the best horse at a yearling sale—tallest, best pedigree, longest tail–there is no guarantee the youngster will ever find the...

Saracen Feeds for Success

We had a good couple of days at the ‘French Office’ over the weekend in Part 1 of the August Yearling Sale at Arqana, the first yearling sale of the...

Tattersalls Sales Toppers Raised on Saracen Horse Feeds

...yearling, selling a Kingman(GB) – Galicuix (GB) colt for 2,700,000 gns, making him the most expensive yearling to sell in North America or Europe this year. “People from Juddmonte, where...

Feeding and Fitting Young Horses for Show and Sale, Part One: Nutrition

There are two groups of horses that are assessed and therefore valued to a large extent on their conformation and presentation—the halter horse and the sales weanling or yearling. “Fat...

Did Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome Affect Growth Rate of Surviving Foals?

...yearlings. This report of KER’s 2002 research was published by Kentucky Equine Research. Read the entire research paper, titled Kentucky Foal and Yearling Growth Rates Not Affected by Mare Reproductive...

Heartburn in Horses: A Performance Problem?

Young, athletic horses, such as Thoroughbred yearlings and racehorses, frequently suffer a disorder of the larynx called arytenoid chondritis or inflammation of the arytenoid cartilages. Veterinarians once thought that bacterial...

Behavior Differences by Gender in Young Horses

...Institute for Equine Studies in Germany designed a trial to determine if the same gender difference could be found for horses. Fifteen Warmblood yearlings (six colts and nine fillies) were...