Getting A Kentucky Education
…help, I was assigned to one of the sales-yearling barns, which meant that we had to make these young Thoroughbreds stand up properly, so they could be evaluated, and groom…
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Old School
…cow’s yearling, bawling for its mother. It turns out the wild cow hadn’t bolted far, and Hanks had been able to quietly urge her and the yearling to join their…
Ask Horse Journal: 04/09
…they arrive at the lab. My horses range in age from a yearling to 27 years old. In the spring, they will be in the same paddock. I remove the…
Building Muscles
From sales yearlings to seniors, halter horses to endurance racing, building and maintaining good muscle is a concern. While a number of nutritional supplements on the market claim they can…
Racing History Highlights – Sept. 12-25
…the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. It was the highest price paid for a yearling since 1985. Sept. 13, 1974: D. Wayne Lukas won his first Thoroughbred stakes victory, saddling his…
Letters: 11/02
…equipment, treated the horses and cured the problem. -Cay Merris Oregon ———- CB Obviously Your June 2002 issue included an article about EEE and a yearling colt that supposedly contracted…
Vaccine Suspected In EEE Case In California
In April 2000, a Ventura County, Calif., yearling was found down, unresponsive, with abnormal eye movements and flailing leg motions. He was taken to a veterinary clinic but euthanized 24…
Deworming Brands Boil Down To Money
…yearlings are dewormed every three to four weeks. If your horse is also on pasture, consider a yearly or twice-a-year deworming with double-dose pyrantel pamoate or praziquantal to target tapeworms….
Growing Horses Need Supplemented Minerals
…fits well for major minerals but is too high in the trace, although balance is good. Supplementation at the same rates as weanlings works for yearlings getting timothy and oats,…
Steroids: There Are Safer Nutritional Alternatives
…sold and used to create unnaturally pronounced muscular development in sales yearlings or beef up performance horses. This is simply the easy way out, and it’s the horses who end…