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UC Davis Offers Horses For Sale
The Center for Equine Health at UC Davis periodically offers horses for sale. These horses are no longer needed for research or teaching programs and may be suitable for pleasure or performance purposes. The horses vary widely in age, breed and training.
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UC Davis Receives Gift Endowment
The Center for Equine Health at the University of California, Davis, has received a $3 million pledge from the William and Inez Mabie Family Foundation to support the centerâs ongoing research and teaching efforts in equine medical science.
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UC Davis Welcomes Equine Reproduction Specialist
Ghislaine Dujovne, DVM, MS, DACT, has joined the Department of Population Health and Reproduction as an associate staff veterinarian and clinical professor in equine reproduction, effective July 1, 2012.
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UFT Supports Letter Campaign to End Horse Slaughter
The Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) children's letter writing campaign to end horse slaughter, first announced on January 5th, has now received the support of The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Humane Education Committee.
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Horse Riders To Celebrate Helmet Awareness
Building on the success of the first Helmet Awareness Day held in the USA in 2010, Riders4Helmets expanded the event globally last year. International Helmet Awareness Day 2011 received support from 10 helmet manufacturers and over 500 equestrian retailer
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Horse Shows - Five Ways to Save Money
According to Horse Cent$ Magazine, it is possible to lower the costs of participating in horse shows. Waiting until the last minute to make your plans for a horse show directly affects your overall costs. Planning and organizing is one of the best ways
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Union Rags Wins Belmont Stakes
Racing behind Paynter, thoroughbred race horse Union Rags moved up the rail to win the $1 million 2012 Belmont Stakes by a nose. Sitting astride Union Rags was jockey John Velazquez making this his second win at Belmont. Paynter, who led the race most of
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Use of Sonar Devices Around Horses
Dr. Lydia Gray, who is associated with SmartPak, responded to a question about the use of sonar devices around horses that may be interesting to many other horse owners.
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USEF High Performance Year in Review
According to author/administrator, Joanie Morris of USEF High Performance programs, 2011 was a year of excellence as noted in her Year in Review.
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"War Horse" Coming to Theaters 12/25/2011
Trailers of the film "War Horse" are now all over the internet and posters are up in most movie theater announcing the arrival of the movie on December 25, 2011, just in time for holiday family enjoyment.